Source: Indie Wire.

Profitant de la première de Satyagraha de Glass au metropolitan Opera, GLASS: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts a débuté dans sa salle New-Yorckaise ce week-end, rapportant 5,546 $. Le distributeur Koch Lorber prévoir d'étendre la distribution dans les semaines à venir, en ne ciblant pas forcément que les salles de cinéma, mais un public porté sur l'art en général (il sera par exemple projeté au Museum of Fine Arts de Boston au mois de mai).

"Koch Lorber Film's "GLASS: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts," director Scott Hicks' documentary about acclaimed composer and musician Philip Glass, earned $5,546 from its debut at New York's IFC Center.

The acclaim over the Metropolitan Opera premiere of Philip Glass' "Satyagraha" helped launch the film, said Richard Lorber, president, Koch Lorber Films, who confirmed a release plan for "Glass" outside traditional art-house venues. "With a film like this, it makes huge sense for us to find venues that have built-it constituencies, a membership or subscription base, that have a loyal community following, that are art-centric more than film-centric and give them something that can open the experiences of their devoted members. This is a film that is made to order for that goal. So we're opening beginning in May at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston for example, the Walker Arts Center in Minneapolis and the Santa Fe Opera Society.""

What initially attracted you to filmmaking, and how has that interest evolved during your career?

I stumbled into film making by accident, studying drama at University. It was simply the most fun thing to do with your friends. I had no idea you could make a living doing it. After University, I sought work on other people's films and this developed into what we call a career. I've tried to maintain the attitude that it should be fun, or what's the point?

Are there other aspects of filmmaking that you would still like to explore?

Using the camera myself for the first time in shooting "Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts" was a great liberation in many ways. I felt I was able to find shots and capture moments that would have been impossible to direct someone else to do.