在视听创作上，影片避免戏剧化倾向。数字技术让历史影像重获新生，全彩上色丰富画面细节，画面技术拓展表现手法。技术运用保持低调，整体色彩偏向质朴。整体表现注重思想内涵。色彩选择体现审慎考量，声音创作追求自然真实。BasedonanunknownSchönbergoperafrom1929,FromTodayUntilTomorrowexploresonenightinanot-quitelovelessmarriage.Ahusbandandwifereturnfromapartywhereshehasflirtedwithanotherman,whilehehascastanappraisingeyetowardanattractive,fashionablydressedacquaintanceofhiswife’s.Thougheachdreams,briefly,ofleavingthemarriagefortheexcitementandmysteryofanewlover,intheendtheydecidestabilityandcomfortaremoreimportantthanthefleetingthrillofnewromance.DirectorsJean-MarieStraubandDanièleHuillet,whopreviouslycollaboratedontwootherfilmsaboutmusic(TheChronicleofAnnaMagdalenaBach,1968,andMosesandAaron,1975),relyonlongfixedshotsinaustereblack-and-whitesothatthefocusremainsonthemusicalbrillianceofSchönberg’satonalscore,performedhereby70musicians.ThatSchönbergwouldchoosesucharelativelylightheartedmessageforhisnewlydiscoveredmusicallanguageremainsamystery,especiallysincetheconclusionreachedbythehusbandandwife—tostickwiththetriedandtrue—seemsdirectlyatoddswithSchönberg’sownphilosophyofcomposing.Itisjustthisjuxtaposition,however,coupledwithStraubandHuillet’sfaithfulpresentation,thatmakestheoperaacompellingadditiontotheSchönbergcanon—andthefilmsuchachallengingandintriguingexperience.