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EXQUISITE APATHY

EXQUISITE APATHY

Elegy serves a sumptuous banquet of both rapture and discontent

What makes a poem, a concerto, or an oil painting a work of art? Is it the craft, the symmetry, the aesthetics that renders it great, or must it be paired with meaning and significance? Mozart's Requiem is undoubtedly a masterpiece, but does the Kstener gain a keener sense of connection with its sorrowful tones when reminded that it was composed during Mozart's battle with a terminal illness? Can art be appreciated simply for its-beauty, or is it richer because of the feelings, beliefs and conversations that lie beneath its surface? Director Isabel Coixet's somber new film Elegy explores the idea of looking ...

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