Article: Requiem in the Key of Gee

"Brother of Sleep" tells an exhilarating and ultimately tragic tale about the curse of genius. Adapted for the screen by Austrian writer Robert Schneider from his best-selling 1992 novel, the film opens with a long, swooping shot over the vast and terrifying beauty of the Alps. As director and cinematographer Joseph Vilsmaier's camera zooms above the snow-capped peaks, a palpable sense of danger lurks beneath their awesome majesty, underscored by an insistent low buzzing on the soundtrack. The monotonous tone -- somewhere between noise and music -- is like the sound of blood rushing to one's head. Muffled below this humming thrums an occasional distant pulse, like the beating of a heart ...

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