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b'In [his essay]( http://www.tiff.net/the-review/straub-huillet-wind-trees/index.html) for the TIFF Cinematheque retrospective [*Not Reconciled: The Films of Jean-Marie Straub and Dani\\xe8le Huillet*](http://www.tiff.net/#series=Not-Reconciled:-The-Films-of-Jean-Marie-Straub-and-Dani\\xe8le-Huillet), James Quandt writes that \\u201cEven the pair\\u2019s non-operatic films feel musically composed and delivered.\\u201d It\\u2019s an observation which Stanford University\\u2019s Erik Ulman echoed in a recent talk he gave at the UC Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive. \\u201cOne of the things that attracted me to Straub and Huillet\\u2019s work is that they are extraordinarily musical filmmakers,\\u201d says the composer and music lecturer, noting how the duo\\u2019s deep knowledge of music carries over into the way they compose both their soundtracks and their images. Ulman\\u2019s short talk, generously provided to us by our friends at BAM/PFA, is a fascinating introduction to both Straub-Huillet\\u2019s essential early films [*Not Reconciled, Machorka-Muff* and *The Bridegroom, the Comedienne and the Pimp*](http://www.tiff.net/events/machorka-muff-followed-by-not-reconciled-and-the-bridegroom-the-comedienne-and-the-pimp/) (screening this Saturday, March 4) and to the team\\u2019s cinema in general. *Thanks to Erik Ulman and Kathy Geritz, Film Curator at BAM/PFA*.'