Some composers, including Dmitri Shostakovich, Sergei Rachmaninoff, and Carl Nielsen, continued to write in the traditional four-movement form, while other composers took different approaches: Jean Sibelius' Symphony No. 7, his last, is in one movement, whereas Alan Hovhaness's Symphony No. 9, Saint Vartanâoriginally op. 80, changed to op. 180âcomposed in 1949â50, is in twenty-four.
Leni Riefenstahl. Helene Bertha Amalie Leni Riefenstahl (German: [ËÊiËfnÌ©ÊtaËl]; 22 August 1902 â 8 September 2003) was a German film director, producer, screenwriter, editor, photographer, actress and dancer. Born in 1902, Leni Riefenstahl grew up in Germany with her brother Heinz (1905â1944), who was killed on the Eastern Front in World War II.
Wes Anderson had Swinton go heavy on the makeup for her small part as Madame D., a nearly 100-year-old widow who falls in love with Ralph Fiennesâ character, who has a thing for older women. This is another part in which Swinton is hardly recognizable, but she adds her characteristic weirdness perfect for the aesthetic of a Wes Anderson film.