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Directed by Scott Hicks
Produced by
Kerry Haysen

Premiere in Australia, Adelaide Festival:
9 March 2008

USA: 18 April 2008
at The IFC Center NY

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Filming begin in September

Directed by Scott Hicks
Written by Alan Cubitt
Produced by
Greg Brenman and Tim White
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Mercredi 30 avril 2008
par Ishmael publié dans : News "Glass: a portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts
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Mardi 22 avril 2008



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.""

 


Source: Rottentomatoes.

Avec actuellement 67% sur Rottentomatoes, Hicks reçoit par ailleurs ses meilleurs critiques depuis Shine aux Etats-Unis, aprés que ses trois précédents opus aient été plutôt boudés.

With  actually 67% on Rottentomatoes, Hicks gains his best reviews in the USA since Shine, it seems to break the circle of the mixed reviews about his last movies.

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Vendredi 18 avril 2008


Pour la sortie à New York de Glass a portrait of Philip in Twelve parts, Scott Hicks donne quelques interviews dans les médias américains. Outre un retour sur le documentaire en lui même, il évoque péle mèle son plaisir à faire ici le chef opérateur, et celui  qu'il a eu à voir que des personnes attendais son retour au moment de son éclipse du grand écran... Concernant The Boys are back in Town, il confirme septembre ou octobre pour le début du tournage: il était récemment à Londres pour y faire des castings et repérages. Le cinéaste affirme qu'il n'y aura pas cette fois à attendre 6 ans entre ses longs métrages futurs, avec plusieurs projets non nommés sur le feu, dont un "projet de rêve".

Source: Comingsoon.net. Here is an interview where Hicks Talks about the challenge of  Glass, how he was touched by how some persons were care about his next work during his silence, the pre-production of The Boys are back in town in London, and his "dream project"...

ComingSoon.net: You've obviously known Philip Glass for a long time, going back to "Snow Falling on Cedars" ten years ago, so can you talk about the first time you met him?
Hicks: As a lot of filmmakers do, I was actually using a lot of his music to use as temp scores for editing, and I got in touch with his publishing company in case I wanted to actually license the music for the film. Basically, I didn't end up using it, but they introduced me to Philip and we got on, so a bit of a friendship developed. It was against that backdrop that Jim Keller, Philip's manager, asked me a couple of years ago if I'd ever thought about the idea of doing a documentary about Philip. I said, "Well, look if Philip will open the doors and let me into his life, I'd love to do it," because I knew enough about him to know that he's a very interesting, diverse, and has an enormous amount of energy. His collaborations are sort of extraordinary, so I thought it would be very rich material.

CS: So was Philip aware that his manager was interested in you making a doc about him?
Hicks: I don't know. It just came out of conversation, so he then was asked whether he was comfortable with the idea, and he had to think about it, but then he said yes.

CS: Having already known a lot about Philip from working with him, you must've learned even more while making this movie.
Hicks: Well, I worked with him--he had scored a few commercials that I'd directed as a matter of fact--but up to that point we hadn't worked together. It was subsequent to that where he did the score for "No Reservations" right in the middle of the period that I was shooting the movie about him, so it was all wheels within wheels by that stage.

TO BE CONTINUED.


Source: Indie Wire. Another short interview were Hicks Talks about Glass and the directing process...

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.

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Le site officiel est maintenant disponible ici/here

Vous y retrouverez le trailer, de nombreuses photos ainsi que des notes de productions diverses!


 



 

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