In The Shawshank Redemption Andy Dufrense is sentenced to two back to back life terms for crimes he did not commit. That tough world of Shawshank Prison conspires to destroy humanity. Andy writes every week to the state legislature requesting books for the prison library. From out of nowhere, a huge shipment of used books and records, accompanied by a check, gets dumped in the warden's office. Andy puts one of the records on the prison record player. Intoxicated by the beauty of an aria, Andy locks out the warden and plays this portion of The

Marriage of Figaro over the prison loudspeaker. Everyone in Shawshank Prison stands transfixed by the music, this moment of intrusive beauty in a horrible place.

Torture follows, but Andy explains to his inmate friends how he endured. “I had Mr. Mozart …