Based on an unknown Schönberg opera f rom 1929, From Today Until Tomorro w explores one nigh t in a not-quite lo veless marriage. A husband and wife return from a part y where she has flirted with ano ther man, while he has cast an ap praising eye toward an attra ctive , fashionably dressed acquaintance of his wif e’s. Though each dreams , briefly, of leav ing the marri age for the excitement and m ystery of a new lover, in the end they deci de stability and comfort are more important than the fleeting thrill of new romance . Directors Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet, wh o previously collaborated on two o ther films about music (The Chronicle of Anna Magdal ena Bach, 1968, and M oses and Aaron, 1975 ), re ly on long fixed shots in a ustere black-and -white so that th e focus rema ins on the music al bril lian ce of Schönberg’s atona l score, performed here by 70 musicians. That Schönberg would choose such a relatively l ighthearted message for his newly discovered musical language re mains a mystery, especially since the concl usion rea ched by t he husband and wife —to stick with the trie d and true—seems directly at odds with Schönberg’s own philoso phy of composin g. I t is ju st thi s ju xtaposi tion, however, coupled with St raub and H uillet’s f aithful pr esen tation, that make s the opera a compelling addition to the Schönberg cano n—and the film such a chal lenging and intrigu ing experience.
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