Back again after watching it a ton more times. I've got so much love for this vid and it really rewards repeat viewing.
The song is just the perfect Alma voice, brittle and yet determined. The brittleness is also reflected in the filter/colouring which makes her look almost like a porcelain doll and even more out of place in the dirty grubby world of Deadwood. The shades of red and green that it pulls out have the feeling of a Victorian parlour and the comfortable world Alma came from juxtaposed with the starkness of Deadwood making her alienation seem even stronger. I think what I mean is best seen at 0.34 where Alma is looking out the window at the "cute little puritans."
I love how Ellesworth is featured from early on, how it's clear that Alma out of self preservation will ensnare and use the most decent man in the town. In securing her own position she practically makes a eunuch out of him and his poor face when he looks at her looking at Bullock really shows the pain of that which he bears with such dignity. Even if you haven't seen the show you just know that things won't end well for Ellesworth. Then Hearst has him killed just when she has begun to see that she could be happy with him, it's so painful.
So yeah love this vid so very, very much, I always loved Ellesworth but this vid really gives me more insight into the dilemma Alma faces and how her precarious position forces her to put a decent man in the firing line.
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The song is just the perfect Alma voice, brittle and yet determined. The brittleness is also reflected in the filter/colouring which makes her look almost like a porcelain doll and even more out of place in the dirty grubby world of Deadwood. The shades of red and green that it pulls out have the feeling of a Victorian parlour and the comfortable world Alma came from juxtaposed with the starkness of Deadwood making her alienation seem even stronger. I think what I mean is best seen at 0.34 where Alma is looking out the window at the "cute little puritans."
I love how Ellesworth is featured from early on, how it's clear that Alma out of self preservation will ensnare and use the most decent man in the town. In securing her own position she practically makes a eunuch out of him and his poor face when he looks at her looking at Bullock really shows the pain of that which he bears with such dignity. Even if you haven't seen the show you just know that things won't end well for Ellesworth. Then Hearst has him killed just when she has begun to see that she could be happy with him, it's so painful.
So yeah love this vid so very, very much, I always loved Ellesworth but this vid really gives me more insight into the dilemma Alma faces and how her precarious position forces her to put a decent man in the firing line.