Assigned film for 12 June 2009 (Final film of the year.)

BELL, BOOK AND CANDLE

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ON JUNE 12, you'll view the final assigned film of the year: Bell, Book and Candle (Richard Quine, 1958). The title comes from the excommunication rite against witches  ("Ring the bell, close the book, quench the candle").
    Except for Shep's Theme and several incidental music cues, the score is essentially monothematic: one main theme that undergoes numerous variations.
    The main theme does double duty, as both a bewitching theme (associated with the witch, Gil, and her familiar [witch's cat], Pyewacket) and a love theme, depending on its orchestration. The theme itself is in two segments, the first segment being either grave or jaunty (depending on tempo and orchestration), the second segment being more plaintive, especially when played by the strings.
    Attached are Study Pictures.

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