Post by Owen Y on Jul 2, 2019 11:22:23 GMT 12
NZIFF is starting again soon - 18 July - 4 Aug at 13 cities around the country.
Looking at the MUSIC & DANCE section as usual, unlike some previous years, I see quite a bit of good stuff that I will have to try find time for....
Carmine Street Guitars - Ron Mann’s absorbing documentary portrays a week in the life of old-school guitar maker Rick Kelly and his Greenwich Village workshop with its devoted clientele of rock royalty.
The Gift: The Journey of Johnny Cash - Springsteen on Broadway director Thom Zimny offers a defining, authorised documentary on Johnny Cash, capturing the icon’s singular voice as a musician while stripping back his legend to the most compelling essentials. (I don't fully buy into the Man in Black hype, but Folsom Prison Blues is possibly his high point for me & back in those days Cash also shared the same Sun Studios time space as Presley, Orbison, Jerry Lee Lewis, et al.)
Inna de Yard - Beyond Bob Marley, Inna de Yard dives deep into the soul of reggae music, the die-hard singers and songwriters who were there from the beginning, and the Jamaican sound and spirit.
Maria by Callas - This adoring documentary (by Tom Volf) captures the life, art – and, above all, spine-tingling talents – of a diva extraordinaire revered by opera devotees and ripe for discovery by everyone who’s not.
Marianne & Leonard: Words of Love - (by Nick Broomfield) - A deep dive into the myth of Leonard Cohen, the singer’s defining relationship with Marianne Ihlen, and prolific documentarian Nick Broomfield’s own personal connection to Cohen’s famous lover and muse.
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool - Stanley Nelson’s rich and multifaceted biography of legendary jazz musician Miles Davis delivers a clear-eyed portrait of the man behind the music.
PJ Harvey: A Dog Called Money - (by Seamus Murphy) - PJ Harvey gathers lyrical and musical inspiration in Afghanistan, Kosovo and Washington DC, an unorthodox collection of raw material fused together in a London studio for her 2016 album, The Hope Six Demolition Project.
Yuli - (by Icíar Bollaín) - Moving between fiction and reality, and harnessing the power of both drama and dance, Cuban ballet dancer and choreographer Carlos Acosta shares his life story, from a barely interested kid to one of the greats.
There's also a Michael Hutchence doco.
Looking at the MUSIC & DANCE section as usual, unlike some previous years, I see quite a bit of good stuff that I will have to try find time for....
Carmine Street Guitars - Ron Mann’s absorbing documentary portrays a week in the life of old-school guitar maker Rick Kelly and his Greenwich Village workshop with its devoted clientele of rock royalty.
The Gift: The Journey of Johnny Cash - Springsteen on Broadway director Thom Zimny offers a defining, authorised documentary on Johnny Cash, capturing the icon’s singular voice as a musician while stripping back his legend to the most compelling essentials. (I don't fully buy into the Man in Black hype, but Folsom Prison Blues is possibly his high point for me & back in those days Cash also shared the same Sun Studios time space as Presley, Orbison, Jerry Lee Lewis, et al.)
Inna de Yard - Beyond Bob Marley, Inna de Yard dives deep into the soul of reggae music, the die-hard singers and songwriters who were there from the beginning, and the Jamaican sound and spirit.
Maria by Callas - This adoring documentary (by Tom Volf) captures the life, art – and, above all, spine-tingling talents – of a diva extraordinaire revered by opera devotees and ripe for discovery by everyone who’s not.
Marianne & Leonard: Words of Love - (by Nick Broomfield) - A deep dive into the myth of Leonard Cohen, the singer’s defining relationship with Marianne Ihlen, and prolific documentarian Nick Broomfield’s own personal connection to Cohen’s famous lover and muse.
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool - Stanley Nelson’s rich and multifaceted biography of legendary jazz musician Miles Davis delivers a clear-eyed portrait of the man behind the music.
PJ Harvey: A Dog Called Money - (by Seamus Murphy) - PJ Harvey gathers lyrical and musical inspiration in Afghanistan, Kosovo and Washington DC, an unorthodox collection of raw material fused together in a London studio for her 2016 album, The Hope Six Demolition Project.
Yuli - (by Icíar Bollaín) - Moving between fiction and reality, and harnessing the power of both drama and dance, Cuban ballet dancer and choreographer Carlos Acosta shares his life story, from a barely interested kid to one of the greats.
There's also a Michael Hutchence doco.
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