In Saturn's Rings good match for the film's sensibility. The Giant Film Cinema Association had been publicizing the film and surveys it conducted supported this. It was during a discussion in 2012 about the film's climax where he was describing Earth "in Saturn's rings" that van Vuuren realized he had found his new title. A 2013 Kickstarter campaign has raised nearly double the initial $37,500 goal. Much of that amount was used to finance a new recording of Samuel Barber's "Adagio for Strings", performed by the Greensboro Symphony Orchestra. (Van Vuuren currently resides in Greensboro, North Carolina.) The film's advisors include Dr. Steve
Adagio for Strings the premiere. On November 5, 1938, a selected audience was invited to Studio 8H in Rockefeller Center to watch Toscanini conduct the first performance, a radio broadcast which was also recorded. Initially, the critical reception was positive, as seen in the review by "The New York Times"'s Olin Downes. Downes praised the piece, but he was reproached by other critics who claimed that he overrated the piece. Toscanini conducted "Adagio for Strings" in South America and Europe, the first performances of the work on both continents. Over April 16–19, 1942, the piece had public performances by the Philadelphia Orchestra conducted