I was horribly depressed all today, and for reasons outside my control ended up being subjected to the vast majority of the Sound of Music. This was a film which I hadn’t seen since I was about nine, at which point it reduced me to floods of tears. It reduced me to tears today also, although I would like to point out that I don’t normally cry in films and it was my personal situation which caused me to feel somewhat weepy. That said, despite all the cheesey singing and dancing it *is* a rather depressing story. I feel especially sorry for the oldest girl, whose boyfriend turns out to be a Nazi and stops speaking to her I enjoyed seeing the footage of Salzburg actually, which I think is the most beautiful city I have ever seen, although I am a little confused as to how one can climb a mountain from there and end up in Switzerland. (more…)