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In 2002, Olga Neuwirth co-signed with the writer Elfriede Jelinek the memorable Lost Highway, a video-opera based on David Lynch's film. This time, the Austrian composer accompanies a director from the silent film era with a new score entitled A Film Music War Requiem for nine musicians. Accursed be War (Alfred Machin, 1914) is a forward-looking melodrama. Against the backdrop of a war between two imaginary powers, it tells a story of impossible love. The colour was hand-painted and the Belgian army provided impressive resources. The film is a strikingly modern pacifist plea. It was restored for the occasion by the Royal Belgian Film Archive and EYE Filmmuseum in Amsterdam.
