Hicks Talks about "Glass"/ Hicks parle de son documentaire sur Glass

Source: Adelaïde Now

Hicks parle dans cet article de son documentaire sur Glass. La première du film en Australie aura lieu le 9 mars 2008 au cinéma Picadilly / Here Hicks is talking abouts "Glass a portrait in twelve parts". The Premiere in Australia will be on March 9 2008 at Picadilly Cinema.

In 1984, my then teenage son Scott convinced me to go with him to a midnight screening of Godfrey Reggio's cult film KOYAANISQATSI at the Chelsea Cinema, and a new addiction was created. From that moment, I became a fan of Philip Glass's dynamic music, with its complex, layered sonic structures and its characteristic repetitiveness. I was hypnotised by it.

In 1997, while editing Snow Falling on Cedars, I used a track of Philip's music as a "temp" score (music you use as a guide in the editing stage). As my composer was having difficulty matching the power of the Glass piece, I contacted Philip's New York company to inquire about licensing the track in case I wanted to actually include it in the film. His manager, Jim Keller, realising I was a Glass "tragic", encouraged the start of a relationship between Philip and myself. Over the next few years, I was invited to a number of his performances, from Los Angeles to Sydney, taking both my sons to see Philip and his ensemble play live to screenings of movies that he had scored.

(to be continued)