“J.D. Salinger,” an unforgettable documentary, is about the life
of the mysterious author of Catcher in
the Rye. In this documentary,
Salinger, has many secrets of his life reveled. The audience was able to see
and finally understand the recluse, “Jerry David Salinger.” A brilliant writer,
yet very difficult was married 3 times and had many relationship in between,
usually with very young women, lived a unique life. From being raised a privileged child in a Manhattan
apartment, to his years of service on WWII, his documentary takes a closer look
at an interesting life.
The soundtrack for “J.D. Salinger,” was a fresh and creative compilation
of the composer and music producer, Mr. Lorne Balfe. Licensed to Decca Records,
a label owed operated by Universal Music Group, it involved a variety of
classical songs, such as, “Salinger,” “The Bunker,” and “Perfect Moments.” Not
only a beautiful contemporary classical arrangement, however, when reviewing the
tracks, Balfe was the only composer to be featured in the soundtrack. Through very
accomplished this Grammy award winning, composer only featured his own work, instead
of including some traditional works, such as Bach, Beethoven, or Handel. As the
audience what did you think of this? Was it effective?
However, when thinking about the documentary, I have to stop and wonder, why was this produced for a PR stunt in order to increase publicity for his two novels to be released in 2015 and 2020? Or could it have been to appeal to a very small segment of movie goers? I believe it was done for a PR stunt and allow America to see the real J.D. Salinger- a complicated man.
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