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SOUL

December 24, 2020 By Leave a Comment

SOUL

Pixar’s SOUL is as slyly unpredictable as it is playfully brilliant. Nothing less than a deconstruction of what life means, it is both raucous and Zen as it tells the story of a jazz musician who is not ready for the Great Beyond, thereby becoming a perfect koan, and possibly the best movie of the… Read More »

Tagged With: afterlife, jazz, paradigm shift, souls, spark

Don Cheadle is MILES AHEAD

April 5, 2016 By Leave a Comment

Don Cheadle is MILES AHEAD

Don Cheadle had never met any member of Miles Davis’ family when they approached him to make a film about the groundbreaking artist’s life. That’s where I started when I spoke with Cheadle by phone about MILES AHEAD on March 31, 2016. It was one of those kismet stories, that provided a jumping off point… Read More »

Tagged With: AMOST FAMOUS, Cameron Crowe, creative block, crowd funding, DEVIL IN A BLUE DRESS, Donald Paine, Ed Royce, Enough Project, Ewan McGregor, homage, HOTEL RWANDA, jazz, John Prendergast, Keith Jarrett, Kevin Hart, LENNY, Miles Davis, Patrick Fugit, Paul Rusesabagina, Sudan

Asif Kapadia and AMY Winehouse

July 8, 2015 By 2 Comments

Asif Kapadia and AMY Winehouse

Asif Kapadia hadn’t been a particular fan of Amy Winehouse when she was alive. He was, of course, aware of her, both the tabloid coverage and the assurance from friends he trusted that she had one of the best voices ever to be recorded. When he took on the project of making a documentary about… Read More »

Tagged With: addiction, advice, alcohol abuse, Alfred Hitchcock, Amy Winehouse, Asif Kapadia, Back to Black, Blake Fielder-Civil, documentary, drug abuse, early death, jazz, jazz singer, Ken Loach, Nick Shymansky, North London, recording artist, SENNA, Serbian concert

The WHIPLASH of Damien Chazelle

January 9, 2015 By Leave a Comment

The WHIPLASH of Damien Chazelle

When I met Damien Chazelle, one of the first things I said to him was that his film WHIPLASH had to be one of the sweatiest movies ever made, up there with BEN HUR and COOL HAND LUKE. He laughed and said he was pleased to have filled such a niche market. That’s the kind of guy… Read More »

Tagged With: Buddy Rich, cinema, Damien Chazelle, drama, drumming, film, J.K. Simmons, jazz, Miles Teller, movie, music, music school, narrative

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