Rewind And Play [DVD]

Product Description In December 1969, legendary jazz pianist and composer Thelonious Monk ended his European concert tour with a performance at the Salle Pleyel in Paris. Before the show, he was invited to appear on a French television program to perform and answer questions in an intimate setting. Using newly discovered footage from this recording, director Alain Gomis (FÉLICITÉ) reveals the disconnect between Monk and his interviewer, Henri Renaud, whose unwittingly trivializing approach conveys the casual racism and exploitation prevalent in the music industry at large. A fascinating behind-the-scenes documentary with extraordinary rarely-seen performances, REWIND & PLAY offers a unique opportunity to see Monk in a way that very few people did. Review "Rewind & Play dazzles! A gleaming portrait of Monk at work.” --Lisa Kennedy, The New York Times "A minor masterwork of historical investigation and a fervent tribute to the epochally great musician... Monk’s solo performances [are] spectacular." --Richard Brody, The New Yorker "With Gomis’s arrangement of footage, viewers bear witness to Monk as he subtly challenges his interlocutor... and ultimately Monk’s effortlessly innovative compositions." --Anthony Hawley, Hyperallergic About the Director The Franco-Senegalese filmmaker Alain Gomis studied art history at the Sorbonne (France). He made his directorial debut in 2002 with L’AFRANCE, a film about the struggles of migrants in France which won a Silver Leopard award at the Locarno Film Festival. His film ANDALUCIA was shown at the Venice Film Festival in 2012. AUJOURD’HUI (TEY), shown in competition at the Berlinale, won a Golden Stalion at Fespaco. He returned to the Berlinale in 2017 with FÉLICITÉ. The film won him the competition’s Grand Jury Prize, a second Gold Stallion at Fespaco, and represented Senegal at the Oscars where it was shortlisted for Best Foreign Language Film.
ASIN: B0C43STPFP
VSKU: DBV.B0C43STPFP.A
Condition: Acceptable
Author/Artist:Thelonious Monk|Motherless Brooklyn (Original Motion Picture Soundtrac|Alain Gomis
Binding: Dvd
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