One Thousand Days

One Thousand Violins – Hey Man That's Beautiful
FLAC | Artwork | 24Bit 96kHz: 869 MB | 16Bit 44.1kHz: 291 MB
Cat#: Rebel Rec. SPV 08-2898 | Country/Year: Germany 1989
Genre: Indie Pop, Brit Pop | Hoster: Uploaded/Filesonic

The indie pop band One Thousand Violins were bound by geographic restrictions during their four-year career. Since the group had no manager, One Thousand Violins had to limit its live performances to England, France, and Germany; however, because of the Internet, One Thousand Violins eventually acquired the exposure the band couldn't get during their lifetime. Their single "Like One Thousand Violins" was voted as one of the year's best songs by the listeners of renowned British DJ John Peel.

Anne of the Thousand Days is the belated film adaptation of Maxwell Anderson's 1948 stage play. The story concentrates on the romance between Britain's King Henry VIII (Richard Burton) and his ill-fated second wife Anne Boleyn (Genevieve Bujold). After holding out for marriage rather than an illegitimate union, Anne marries Henry after he sheds himself of Katherine of Aragon – causing a rift between the Crown and the Church in the process. Anne's inability to produce a male heir leads Henry to look about for other suitable mates. Henry's sinister right-hand man Cromwell (John Colicos) arranges for Anne to be condemned on a charge of adultery. She is beheaded, while Henry disconsolately sits in Windsor Castle, regretting this callous example of political expediency. Richard Burton is ideally cast in Anne of the Thousand Days, but it is Genevieve Bujold who delivers the best, most complex performance in the film.