Hit Me With Your Best Shot: The Sound of Music

Like so many, my early movie taste was hugely influenced by my parents, particularly my mom. She instilled in me a deep, livelong love and devotion for The Sound of Music. I try to watch it at least once a year, but the three-hour runtime makes it hard, so this exercise was much appreciated.

Many movie musicals fail because they can't escape a stagebound feeling. The Sound of Music mostly escapes this by shooting on location all across Salzburg, but even the indoor sets feel massive.  The von Trapp mansion feels appropriately enormous, never moreso than in my best shot: