ABOUT THIS DVD
**MOZARTBALLS**
Mad about Mozart! 5 TALES OF LOVE AND OBSESSION
“What’s extraordinary about Mozartballs’ direction is Weinstein’s empathy and sense of humour… a funny and ultimately moving tribute to a musical legend” [Point of View]
+ 56 mins of extra features

This documentary takes its title from the famous Mozart spherical chocolates (Mozartkugeln, or Mozartballs), on sale in Salzburg and at all good airports. The programme tells the story of five people who’ve had their lives changed by acquaintance with Mozart’s music. They are:

1 An Austrian astronaut, who took Mozartballs (Mozartkugeln) into space.

2 A suicidal Swiss schoolteacher, who makes repeated pilgrimages to Mozart’s grave and is obsessed by Köchel numbers (ie, Mozart catalogue numbers).

3 An American computer whizz and composer, who’s written a programme, ‘Emmy’, that composes ‘instant Mozart’.

4 & 5 Two American ladies are who believe they are Mozart and Mozart’s lover Nancy Storace re-incarnated.

The programme is witty, ironic and often moving, as director Larry Weinstein refuses to send up his subjects, but allows them to speak for themselves against a musical backdrop of the composer’s greatest music.