Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012) is a first independent film by Benh Zeitlin which has garnered unprecedented accolades at film festivals around the world. The film is set in Louisiana, or more precisely in “the bathtub”, an imaginary bayou cut off … [Read more...] about Benh Zeitlin & Dan Romer: Beasts of the southern wild
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Gustavo Santaolalla: De Ushuaia a la Quiaca
Argentine composer Gustavo Santaolalla’s powerful theme “De Ushuaia a la Quiaca” is used to stunning effect at the very end of The Motorcycle Diaries (2004). Based on Ernesto Guevara’s [amazon text=eponymous&asin=0007172338] memoirs and on his … [Read more...] about Gustavo Santaolalla: De Ushuaia a la Quiaca
Dustin O’Halloran: Opus 37
Dustin O’Halloran (b. 1971) is a Californian-raised pianist and composer now based in Berlin. Influenced by classical composers like Erik Satie, Claude Debussy and Frédéric Chopin amongst others, Dustin O’Halloran is also associated with modern … [Read more...] about Dustin O’Halloran: Opus 37
Dinah Washington & Max Richter: This bitter earth/ On the nature of daylight
"This bitter earth/On the nature of daylight" is the song that concludes Martin Scorsese’s 2010 psychological thriller Shutter Island. None of the music for the film’s soundtrack was actually composed for the film but it was (expertly) curated by … [Read more...] about Dinah Washington & Max Richter: This bitter earth/ On the nature of daylight
Julie Delpy: A waltz for a night
Before Sunset (2004) is an independent American film by Richard Linklater starring Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke. Both actors have also co-written the scenario. Having met nine years previously as students on a train journey between Budapest and Vienna … [Read more...] about Julie Delpy: A waltz for a night
Tony Gatlif: Vengo
Tony Gatlif (b. 1948) is a French film maker born in Algiers of a Romani mother. This family connection probably explains why almost every film by Tony Gatlif is concerned with the social, political and cultural alienation of gypsy communities … [Read more...] about Tony Gatlif: Vengo
