Tag: The Last Emperor
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‘Monster’ Director Kore-eda Hirokazu on Working With Composer Ryuichi Sakamoto on One of His Last Musical Compositions
Kore-eda Hirokazu returns to Japan for his latest film “Monster,” which poses this question to audiences: “Who really is the monster?” While location scouting, the filmmaker was looking down at a lake, dark and almost black, and “I thought of Sakamoto Ryuichi music. He was the only person who could do the music for this…
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Legendary Composer Ryuichi Sakamoto’s Final Performance Is Captured in ‘Opus’ — Watch the Teaser
Oscar-winning Japanese composer Ryuichi Sakamoto’s final performance is captured in posthumous documentary “Opus,” directed by his son Neo Sora.Sakamoto, who was behind the scores of films like “The Last Emperor” and “The Revenant,” died in March at age 71 after a years-long battle with cancer. His last piano performance was staged for “Opus,” which is…
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David Bowie’s Best Movie Isn’t ‘Labyrinth’ — It’s This War Film
While Jim Henson’s Labyrinth probably features what has come to be known as David Bowie’s most iconic role, fans of the film might be disappointed to know that it was far from the legend’s greatest appearance on the big screen with 1983’s Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence featuring his best performance in a starring role. Ironically…
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Sakamoto Ryuichi to be Posthumously Honored at Jecheon Music Festival – Global Bulletin
Choirs Of AngelsSakamoto Ryuichi, the Japanese film composer and music supervisor who died in March, has been posthumously named as the recipient of the Jecheon Film Music Award at the 19th Jecheon International Music & Film Festival (Aug. 10-15). Sakamoto won Academy Awards and Golden Globes for his score for “The Last Emperor” and has…
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Oscar ‘Sweepers’ May Be Thing of the Past
The great sweeper, the film that runs away with the evening’s awards, has a strong history at the Oscars. Three films have won 11 Oscars in one night: “Ben-Hur” (1959), “Titanic” (1997) and “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King” (2003). Depending on where you stand on those movies, you could love…
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Streaming: the missing films of Roeg and Bertolucci
Tried and failed to explore the online back catalogues of the late Nicolas Roeg and Bernardo Bertolucci recently? You’re not alone…Just as the death of famous musicians tends to send their albums soaring back up the charts, you’d expect a spike in demand for the work of major film-makers when they pass on. The recent…
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Ryuichi Sakamoto, Genius Composer set as Asian Film Maker of the Year
Enduringly brilliant music composer, Ryuichi Sakamoto has been named as Asian Filmmaker of the year by the Busan International Film Festival. He won an Oscar for best original score, with Bernardo Bertolucci ‘s “The Last Emperor” in 1986.He will receive his prize in October during the festival’s opening ceremony. There he will also provide perform…
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Tribeca 2018: 11 Must-See Films at This Year’s Festival, From Zombies to Tessa Thompson and the Rachel Dolezal Story
Now in its seventeenth year, New York City’s own Tribeca Film Festival kicks off every spring with a wide variety of programming, from an ever-expanding Vr installation to an enviable television lineup, but the bulk of the annual festival’s programming is movies. This year’s festival offers up plenty of familiar faces with new projects alongside…
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Bernardo Bertolucci on Fellow Italian Nonconformist Luca Guadagnino
Bernardo Bertolucci and Luca Guadagnino hail from different generations, but both Italian directors have a bent for making sensual English-language films. And each knows what it’s like to be embraced by critics and audiences abroad but snubbed at home, as Bertolucci tells Variety in a rare interview.Perhaps that experience has helped fuel the two auteurs’…