The political climate of The Sound of Music

I love this movie and I've always enjoyed it. Back when I was in High SchoolI had a pen-pal from Austria. She came over here to visit and we watched the movie. She'd never seen it or even heard of the Van Trap family. Yes it is based on a true family. She loved the movie and planned to see if she could get it back home to show her parents. She said it really showed how things were at the time. How many Austrians wanted to ignore what was happening, to turn a blind eye to it and that they would be safe. They found out you ignore a problem and it eventually comes up and bites you in the rear. The Sound of Music does show that, especially when you can see it fully and uncut. It shows how with a bit of inner stregnth so much is able to be done. How one should not bow down to another's agenda and that sometimes you have to leave it all behind in order to move forward.

Pre-war Austria was far from idyllic, having suffered through a civil war and depression, only to fall under a right-wing oligarchy. Expressions of Austrian nationalism were by no means forbidden (as suggested in the musical) but in fact, made mandatory. Did you know: The Guinness Book of World Records once had an entry for "worst film editing", noting that when a Hong Kong exhibitor felt that the movie "Sound of Music" was overly long, he remedied the situation by cutting out all the musical numbers. What the use then, he should have changed the titile of the classic as well!

What a timeless classic. The Sound of Music is a wonderful movie. So many emotions surround this story. It helps that it was based on a true story.