![]() ![]() But moments into the chat does all take a turn for the personal: Duncan probes Myles’ musical background and from there decides that this 30-something is going to become his protégé. Though earlier aspirations have been dashed, he’s confident in what he does and has the blissful domestic life to back it up.Īs the film opens, he is assigned to interview Duncan Ely (Curd Jürgens), a virtuoso said to be the greatest living pianist. ![]() Married to Paula (Jacqueline Bisset), a beautiful brunette, and father to Abby (Pamelyn Ferdin), a precocious elementary schooler, he’s perhaps never been happier. It stars Alan Alda (miscast here) as Myles Clarkson, a former concert pianist who’s given up on his dreams of becoming the next Rubenstein and has comfortably settled into a music journalism gig. ![]() ![]() But taking its psychedelic sensibilities and unabashedly nightmarish score into consideration, there’s decidedly enough chutzpah in place to render it as something of an inspired genre film, even if the inspiration is more characterized by bandwagon hopping than total reinvention. Paul Wendkos’ The Mephisto Waltz (1971) doesn’t try to differentiate itself from most 1970s occult thrillers trying their damndest to be the new Rosemary’s Baby (1968). ![]()
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