Friday, December 16, 2011

A Pyromaniacal Laura Dern Channels Königin der Nacht

From the season finale (part 1) of HBO's hit new show Englightened, the lead character Amy, played by Laura Dern, has just tapped into her company's mainframe email system (she's not happy at her job...) when a fantasy dream sequence begins underscored by "Der Hölle Rache" (Hell's Vengeance) from Mozart's Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute) sung by the Königin der Nacht (Queen of the Night).