歌德的《浮士德》根据德国一个炼金术士向魔鬼出卖灵魂以换取知识和青春的古老传说，反其意而之，演示了广阔、深邃而崇高的人生内容，为人类自强不息的进取精神唱了一出迄今响彻寰的凯歌。在第一部正文前面，还有一幕提纲挈领的“天堂序曲”，为全剧的主题思想奠定了基调。 《浮士德》不是读一两篇就能透彻理解的。除了内容上博大精深，包括哲学、神学、神话学、文学、音乐等方面的知识外，更有形式上的错综复杂，其中有抒情的、写景的、叙事的、说理的种种不同因素，有希望式悲剧、中世纪神秘剧、巴洛克寓言剧、文艺复兴时期流行的假面剧、意大利的行会剧以及英国舞台的新手法、现代活报剧等等——这些五花八门的体裁几乎采用了每一种已知的西方格律。

2016 film by Jim Jarmusch

The legendary life of Ye Jiaying (1924-), a master of Chinese classical poetry. She went through war, political persecution, and wandering overseas all her life. She returned to China after the reform and opening up in her later years, and continued to create and inherit teaching, which was the lifeblood of classical poetry interrupted by the Cultural Revolution. The film interweaves Ye Jiaying's personal life with Chinese classical poetry for thousands of years, showing the significance track of her seeking existence in the long river of poetry. "Du Fu's Eight Episodes of Qiuxing" is the most important research masterpiece in Ye Jiaying. The eight poems of Qiuxing depict the rise and fall of China's prosperous Tang Dynasty. This film uses this as a metaphor for the turbulent years experienced by Mr. Ye, and invites musician Sato Congming to create film music based on the eight poems of Qiuxing, combining elegant music and modern music, bringing new life to Du Fu's poetry.