when marie and her 'friends' go secretly to the party
You hear the music where they're dancing on. But you hear eletric guitars and a drums the drums where invented in the 19th century and not in the 18th. So how on earth is that possible xd
shareI'm pretty sure drums were invented a looong time before the 17th Century.
The music is obviously not period, though. You could either interpret it as score (i.e. music that isn't actually playing in the world of the movie) or as an intentional anachronism. Either way, the point, I think, is to suggest a parallel between the masked-ball aristocrats and club kids of more current times.
No no no I searched on google and the drums weren't invented back then. At least, not as advanced as you hear em there. But you see them dancing ON the music with the drum and the electric guitar. Otherwise, they would be dancing without any music
shareI have no quarrel with the observation that the music is anachronistic. As you note, the fact they're dancing and music is playing makes it different from the ordinary use of "score" music in a straight movie.
Only other observation: in musicals its very common (well nigh universal, I think) for characters to dance to music that's anachronistic or otherwise can't possibly be present in the fictional situation. Musicals are, of course, highly stylized in that regard, as well as some others, which is consistent with the fact they're essentially an adaptation of a purely stage-bound dramatic form.
Ah okay
shareI think you have taken this as too literal an "18th Century" setting! It is understandable, since the costumes (aside from some color variations) are very authentic, as are the customs relating to rank and routine in Versailles.
However, Sofia Coppola wanted to combine her love of the neon, pastel 1980's look and New Wave music (a big thing with her) with the idea that Marie Antoinette's crowd were the 18th Century equivalent of New Wave/Punk ideas and behavior. Not "Sex Pistols" punk but more like...well, the bands she DID use in the soundtrack: Joy Division, The Cure, New Order and so on. One of the most ingenious decisions was to use the Cure's very Baroque "Plainsong" during the coronation scene. So...there is some strong connection after all--the lushness and joy of the music accompanying the excess of the 1780's just as the 1980's were excessive!
This was deliberate, to show the sharp division between Marie's generation and that of the older generation, especially at court. You contrast their wild dancing at the ball, versus the sedate, boring wedding dance after she and Louis are married and you get: surprise! AMADEUS! This concept is not new except the use of modern music--well, 80's music. I think it was a brilliant move!
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