9 thoughts on “TBT: Immortal Beloved (1994)

  1. I have never seen this either and I have to admit that I feel like I’ve missed something really important after reading this – those costumes are freaking amazing and to think that in the “old days”, seamstresses really did these clothing items by hand….oh the talent!

  2. Isabella Rossellini’s character is Hungarian, not Russian.
    I love the movie as it speculates on just who Beethoven’s ‘Immortal Beloved’ really was.
    Another perfection was the costumes fit the class of person that the character portrayed. Even Johanna Reiss’ dress at end showed middle class, but someone who had prospered.
    It, the movie, goes into my re-watch list.

  3. There is a luminously lit shot of Isabella Rossellini in that black number with the golden ornamented empire waist and that velvet choke listening rapturously to a music concert that is literally my platonic ideal of ‘Beautiful Woman.” (there is a screencap up there)

    Seriously. She looks so gorgeous it makes me irrationally angry.

    *adjectives for the win!

  4. Alas, the costumes are absolutely gorgeous (goes off to download those pics of the back of that blue dress, so helpful!) but like Kristine above, I find it quite unwatchable due to the So Made Up It Could Be About Beethoven The Dog screenplay…(I have the same problem with Amadeus).
    Best to be watch with copious quantities of fermented fruit juice and snark (while casting admiring glances at the frocks)….

  5. I can’t speak to the HA of the plot (I will bow to those who can) but the costumes in this and the actual quality of the storytelling and performances themselves are all gorgeous!

    I have one little irritant – it’s as if the costuming of the movie was *too* good because I keep seeing that blue dress on Pinterest with the label of being an actual extant gown! Lol

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