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Shinoda Masahiro’s Demon Pond unfolds at its own singular pace. The film’s ethereal, hypnagogic qualities are enhanced equally by the burnt orange and cerulean hues of Kosugi Masao and Sakamoto Noritaka’s painterly cinematography, which reflect its remote mountain village setting being stuck in a state of permanent evening twilight, and the constantly unpredictable ebbs and flows of electronic music pioneer Tomita Isao’s transfixingly restless Moog score. Where Tomita’s music includes modernized reworkings of pieces by 19th-century composers Claude Debussy and Modest Mussorgsky, Shinoda’s film fuses the kabuki theatricality of the 1913 play by Izumi Kyôka on which it was based with the uncanny artifice of then-groundbreaking, and still mind-bending, visual effects.

These collisions between the classical and the modern are fitting for a film that discomfitingly resides in various liminal states—between night and day, the otherworldly and the worldly, the artificial and the organic.

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Annecy 2014 Season 1 Episode 13 Episode Summary

The upcoming episode of “Euro Arts” titled “Annecy 2014” promises to be a captivating experience for music lovers. This episode focuses on the closing concert of the Annecy Classic Festival in 2014, a notable event in the classical music calendar. The concert features renowned conductor Yuri Temirkanov, celebrated pianist Denis Matsuev, and the prestigious St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra.

During this special performance, the artists will showcase works by two iconic composers: Edward Elgar and Modest Mussorgsky. Elgar’s music is known for its rich emotional depth, while Mussorgsky’s compositions often capture vivid imagery and powerful themes. This combination of styles is sure to create a memorable musical journey for the audience.

Viewers can look forward to a beautifully orchestrated evening filled with passion and artistry. The performance not only highlights the talent of the featured musicians but also celebrates...

On Thursday, September 12, 2024, at 6:00 Am, *Euro Arts* presents a special musical experience with Season 1, Episode 13 titled *Annecy 2014* on UPtv. This episode brings viewers a mesmerizing performance from the prestigious Annecy Classic Festival’s closing concert in 2014. Renowned conductor Yuri Temirkanov leads the St. Petersburg Philharmonic, accompanied by celebrated pianist Denis Matsuev, in a program filled with iconic works.

For this grand finale, the talented ensemble performs pieces by two legendary composers: Edward Elgar and Modest Mussorgsky. Their music captures the depth of emotion and grandeur, making it a fitting end to the festival. Elgar’s compositions offer a sense of nobility, while Mussorgsky’s powerful themes evoke vivid imagery.

Whether you’re a seasoned classical music enthusiast or someone looking to enjoy a beautifully orchestrated performance, *Annecy 2014* offers an unforgettable showcase of talent and artistry. Tune in for a chance to witness this remarkable concert and experience the timeless...

The Coen brothers’ quirky cult classic The Big Lebowski has one of the directing duo’s best soundtracks, featuring songs from an eclectic mix of artists. This offbeat take on the film noir revolves around Jeff “The Dude” Lebowski, a zen slacker whose carefree existence is disrupted by a case of mistaken identity and a convoluted kidnapping plot that may or may not have been faked. The soundtrack full of breezy blues tunes and chill rock ‘n’ roll hits is a big part of the relaxed, easygoing mood of the Coens’ uniquely zany neo-noir.

While it received mixed reviews upon its release and initially bombed at the box office (via Collider), today The Big Lebowski is considered a comedy masterpiece, with a widespread cult following and even a religion in its name. This is one of the rare movie soundtracks in which the main character comments on how much he likes the music being played.

Jabberwocky

Blu-ray

Criterion

1977/ 1:85 / 105 Min. / Street Date November 21, 2017

Starring Michael Palin, Harry H. Corbett, John Le Mesurier

Cinematography by Terry Bedford

Written by Charles Alverson, Terry Gilliam

Music by Hector Berlioz, Modest Mussorgsky

Edited by Michael Bradsell

Produced by Sanford Lieberson

Directed by Terry Gilliam

The prospect of Lewis Carroll’s Jabberwocky directed by Monty Python’s Terry Gilliam promised a brave new world of sophisticated nonsense; The Mad Hatter meets the Ministry of Silly Walks.

Equally appetizing was the thought of illustrator John Tenniel’s hideous creature brought to life by Gilliam, the Python’s premiere visual satirist. But Gilliam, working in a chaotic British climate that saw Harold Wilson being upstaged by the Sex Pistols, had other ideas, exemplified by the film’s title sequence which rolls by over some of Pieter Bruegel’s most unnerving canvasses.

The Dutch artist was no Pollyanna (his most famous painting was...

Greg Lake, the pioneering prog rocker known for his work with King Crimson and Emerson, Lake & Palmer, passed away Tuesday at the age of 69. Lake’s career spanned a wide chunk of 20th century, and he was active through many major — and important — phases of rock and roll and pop music. Let’s take a look at how his artistry evolved.

1. The Shame, “Don’t Go Away Little Girl” (1967)

Lake picked up the guitar at 12 and played through school, after which he joined The Shame and was featured prominently on their single “Don’t Go Away Little Girl,” which was...

I remember sitting in an entry-level Music Appreciation class at Cal State Northridge in the mid-1970s. For one hour, three times a week, I would find a seat in the back of the auditorium to catch a short nap while professor and Los Angeles Opera baritone Terry Bowers would intone through discussions of iambic pentameters and how a fugue differed from a rondo. The percussive sounds of snores and wheezes as other students joined me in rhythmic power napping ended on the day that he introduced us to Emerson, Lake and Palmer’s rendition of Modest Mussorgsky’s “Pictures at an.

It was Michael Powell who proposed the idea of the composed film, in which movement, color and framing are all synchronized to music to create a seamless work of art, and he began putting it into practice in Black Narcissus and The Red Shoes, before going all-out with Tales of Hoffmann and Bluebeard's Castle. Few have followed in his steps. One who did was the late Andrzej Żuławski, whose filmed opera (music by Mussorgsky, lyrics by Pushkin) Boris Godunov (1989) is one of the most relentlessly and astonishingly beautiful cinematic artifacts I have ever seen.It is in the nature of these things that when watching the film it is quite impossible to think of anything which comes close. After the end titles have rolled, one may begin putting things in perspective, but while you're looking at Żuławski's images, nothing finer can be imagined.Shamelessly theatrical in its design, the film...

"Fantasia" wasn't a huge hit when it was first released 75 years ago (on November 13, 1940).

Since then, however, over the course of multiple re-releases, the Disney feature has earned a reputation as a masterpiece for its blend of lushly recorded classical music and dazzling Technicolor animation. It eventually became a huge success in both theaters and on home video and spawned several sequels and spinoffs, not to mention parodies by other studios.

Still, as many times as you've enjoyed the ballet-dancing hippos or Mickey Mouse's botched attempt at using magic to shirk drudgery, there's a lot you may not know about "Fantasia." Read on, and watch out for those magic mushrooms.

1. The germ of the film began when Walt Disney bumped into legendary Philadelphia Orchestra conductor Leopold Stokowski (pictured) outside Chasen's restaurant in Hollywood. Disney told Stokowski of his idea to make one of his trademark "Silly Symphony" shorts out...

Disney's latest live-action remake will be based on the 'Night on Bald Mountain' sequence from Fantasia.

The memorable section from the 1940 animated classic derives from the work of Modest Mussorgsky, and centres on spirits rising from their graves for an enchanted dance.

This expanded live-action version is being produced and written by Dracula Untold and The Last Witch Hunter's Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless.

The Night on Bald Mountain is described by The Hollywood Reporter as being similar to last year's Sleeping Beauty spinoff Maleficent.

1940's innovative Fantasia paired several short films with iconic classic music selections.

Disney is revamping a number of its classic animated movies, and has already scored hits with Cinderella and Alice in Wonderland.

Remakes in development include The Jungle Book, Pete's Dragon, Beauty and the Beast, Mulan, Winnie the Pooh, The Haunted Mansion and Dumbo.

We probably should all have seen this step coming given Disney’s recent history of turning its animated back catalogue into source material for live-action films. The company is targeting Fantasia sequence Night On Bald Mountain as a potential new movie.Dracula Untold writers Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless are tackling the challenge of turning the roughly 11-minute sequence (which you can see above) into a dark fantasy adventure. They’ll be using the Maleficent model of filling in some backstory for the dark, winged creature who raises spirits from the dead for a night of mayhem before they start to fade in the light of the rising sun. The original 1940s animated outing used Russian composer Modest Mussorgsky's music, composed in 1867 and arranged by Leopold Stokowski for the film, which brought the music to wider audiences.This one is still in the early development stages, so it likely...

Disney Pictures has announced plans for a live-action film adaptation of the "Night on Bald Mountain" segment in Disney's 1940 animated film "Fantasia".

The original segment, set to Russian composer Modest Mussorgsky's tone poem "Night on Bald Mountain" and arranged by Leopold Stokowski, centers on a dark winged creature who raises spirits from the dead for a night of revelry before they slink back to their graves as the sun begins to rise.

Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless ("Dracula Untold," "The Last Witch Hunter") will write the script for the project and executive produce. This would mark the second of the eight animated segments created for the film to have scored a feature film adaptation following in the wake of 2010's "The Sorcerer's Apprentice".

The live-action take is said to be akin to Disney's work on "Maleficent" starring Angelina Jolie.

Source: THR...

With the release date of Fantasia: Music Evolved a little under two months away, Harmonix has finally revealed the full tracklist for their colorful rhythm game. Published by Disney Interactive, Fantasia will launch exclusively on the Xbox One and Xbox 360 on October 20.

Speaking at Pax Prime this weekend, the team at Harmonix announced that tracks from Lady Gaga, Jimi Hendrix, The Flaming Lips and more will round out the final setlist. As one of the more musically-inclined developers in the business today, it makes sense that Harmonix would build a tracklist as eclectic as the one included here.

You can check out the entire tracklist for the title below, with the new additions bolded.

Dvořák – “Symphony No.9 from the New World” Vivaldi – “The Four Seasons: Winter, 1st Movement” Avicii – “Levels” J.S. Bach – “Toccata and Fugue in D Minor” Bruno Mars – “Locked Out of Heaven” Cee Lo Green – “Forget...

Jenny Lin Stravinsky: Solo Piano Works (Steinway) Night Stories: Nocturnes (Hänssler Classic)

Long-time readers may have noted my admiration for Lin's immaculate pianism and eclectic programming. She's been a prolific recording artist as well, with 21 albums to her credit (plus inclusion on a multi-pianist set), and her repertoire is highly eclectic even by modern standards.

She's back with two more brilliant albums, and even on the single-composer disc manages to throw some repertoire curveballs. Guido Agosti's rarely heard arrangements of the last three movements from the Firebird Suite is a dazzling tour-de-force; it works well and Lin's performance sparkles vividly (the outer movements sound like real knuckle-busters).

Stravinsky's transcription of the Prologue from Mussorgsky's opera Boris Godunov, written for his children, is simple and touching; Lin communicates its quiet emotive power. The fragments of the unfinished sonata he was working on near the end of his life are very brief,...

The trailers teased glimpses of Sleeping Beauty's iconic villainess, accompanied by a gothic cover of "Once Upon a Dream." Gone were the 1959 animated film's Technicolor wonders, replaced with shades of blacks and blues, while Lana del Rey's vocals enveloped Mary Costa and Bill Shirley's airy duet with jazz-club smokiness. Even when the sneak peek appeared to throw a bone of sympathy towards the titular evil character, it brooded with the faux-angst of 9th grade poetry. This was what you could expect from Maleficent — Disney's early bid for summer-film dominance,...

Striking Russian opera singer and wife of Mstislav Rostropovich, she was made an 'unperson' during the Soviet era

The soprano Galina Vishnevskaya, who has died aged 86, coloured her performances of opera, and especially of Russian song, so beautifully that full comprehension was not essential for enjoyment. Of course, once you did understand the words, you realised how much meaning she brought to them.

Possessed of a striking physical presence with lustrous dark hair, she was such a natural actor that she became the star of her generation at the Bolshoi opera company in Moscow, forging artistic relationships with the stage director Boris Pokrovsky and the conductor Alexander Melik-Pashaev. And – appropriately for a performer who sang with all the skill of an instrumentalist – for more than half a century she was married to Mstislav Rostropovich, not just a great cellist, but also a considerable conductor and pianist.

Their marriage – her third...

With all the buzz around world premieres and gala events happening at the Toronto International Film Festival, it’s easy to forget there is also a pretty stellar shorts program in the mix. Consisting of work spanning all genres, the format is a great way to experience new, upcoming talent as well as to check up on a couple familiar faces too. The following is a collection of capsule reviews and scores for each short in their respective screening blocks.

—Programme 1

Bardo Light – 10 minutes

What do you get when you mix the Tibetan Book of the Dead, the ancient metallurgical science of alchemy, and the namesake of inventor Philo Farnsworth? The answer is Connor Gaston‘s short film Bardo Light—titled for the bright glow none of us can avoid at the end of our lives.

Told via the police interrogation of the younger Farnsworth (Shaan Rahman) after his adopted...

We already know that the latest “Die Hard” movie, since titled “A Good Day to Die Hard” will find John McClane (Bruce Willis, back again) teaming up with his all-grown up son Jack (to be played by “Spartacus’” Jai Courtney) and battling bad Russian guys in Moscow. But who else will be making an appearance in the latest installment? According to an actor name Ted Cross, it’s someone very close to McClane. Cross writes on his blog that he’s playing a CIA agent in the movie, whose character appears toward the end of the film. Besides the fact that the CIA will be inserting their shady noses into “A Good Day to Die Hard” (not a surprise, given the usually world-threatening plots of the “Die Hard” films), but he also spoils that a certain character from McClane’s past will also be returning. Potential Spoilers Below That mysterious...

Just about everybody loves gossip. It can make you make you smile, it can hurt, it can destroy and yes, even cause death. That is probably why Scandal (TV) is a success. Politics, scandal, mystery, intrigue, murder and forbidden love are all included in this fast paced series. Beautiful people combined with good writing has melded into a show that has kept viewers interested. Created by Shonda Rhimes, Scandal (TV) is about an intelligent young woman Olivia Pope (Kerry Washington), a former White House Communications Director for the President, who wants to make a change in her life. Olivia starts her own crisis management firm, Pope and Associates. Olivia is a woman of character with strong beliefs and can annihilate a person with her whip hard intellect, but can also show compassion. She's a woman deeply in love, but this must be hidden and locked inside of her. She knows...

Just about everybody loves gossip. It can make you make you smile, it can hurt, it can destroy and yes, even cause death. That is probably why Scandal (TV) is a success. Politics, scandal, mystery, intrigue, murder and forbidden love are all included in this fast paced series. Beautiful people combined with good writing has melded into a show that has kept viewers interested. Created by Shonda Rhimes, Scandal (TV) is about an intelligent young woman Olivia Pope (Kerry Washington), a former White House Communications Director for the President, who wants to make a change in her life. Olivia starts her own crisis management firm, Pope and Associates. Olivia is a woman of character with strong beliefs and can annihilate a person with her whip hard intellect, but can also show compassion. She's a woman deeply in love, but this must be hidden and locked inside of her. She knows...

Disney animated films aren’t all sweetness and light. Here’s our list of the studio’s 11 darkest moments…

Despite the studio being synonymous with wholesome family fun, Disney’s animated classics are rife with dark and unsettling moments. The kind of moments where you can’t help but think, “Crikey, this is a bit intense for a kid’s film!”

These are the moments which prompt you to look back to your own childhood, and remember nights of disturbed sleep and those confused questions to parents like, “Simba’s dad will come back in the end won’t he mum?”

Some of these scenes are deliberately meant to be scary, some are uncharacteristically dreary, but some make the list purely due to their disturbing nature. Regardless of what makes such a scene so dark, there’s one thing that connects them: they are all among the most memorable in Disney’s impressive canon.

Lifetime

“Gossip is like the blood that runs in Russian women’s veins” – Eddie

And so begins the second episode of “Russian Dolls.”

For 22-year-old Anna, “modeling is my life.” She claims she’s done not only catalogs but runway, including New York Fashion Week. Anna lives with her mother, father, sister, dog and grandmother in a two-bedroom apartment in Brighton Beach. She moved to New York when she was nine from the Ukraine – not Russia proper.

Her parents don’t speak English,...

Lifetime

Take “Laguna Beach” and douse it in vodka. Fill a shot glass full of any of “The Real Housewives” franchise and na zdorovje, “Russian Dolls.” Brighton Beach, Brooklyn is “an immigrant experience,” a woman says in a voice over as gentle shots of the ocean and the boardwalk, people walking in fur coats and stilettos cycle through. Then a flash of, “God can’t be everywhere, so he created mothers” – Russian proverb on the screen. Irony? Too early to tell.

Understanding people through direct experience has become a forgotten part of American business. Here's how strangers can and should help shape brands.

As I crawled up to the 19th floor, stumbling over broken glass, old beer cans, rat droppings, and a smell that made me gag, I found my way to apartment number 19294--my home for the next two days. The doorbell was broken, and the door was barred like the vault of a national bank. I knocked loud enough to be heard, I hoped, above the blasting music. I was welcomed by three young Russian teenage boys--they were expecting me.

Over the next couple of days I was to live alongside these guys. I would eat with them, go to work with them, and join them on random outings with an emphasis on finding girls. I would live as much like them as possible. Throughout the process I surreptitiously took notes,...

Chance's investigation into Ilsa's late husband's past uncovers a web of deception and lies that may tear the team part forever in the Marshall Pucci season finale episode of Human Target airing Wednesday, Feb. 9 (9:00-10:00 Pm Et/Pt) on Fox.

We recently caught up with star Mark Valley to chat with him about Human Target's thrilling Season 2 climax. Here's what he had to say:

With the addition of the two women, what do you think it's brought to the show as a whole?

Mark Valley: I think it's brought a little more humor to the show. When we had three guys, yeah there was an aspect to the show that was potentially a little edgier, but I think having the three women has opened up the possibilities in terms of stories and we also get to see other sides of the relationships between the characters as well.

In spite of having grown up as a part of the Disney “VHS Generation”, one of the first groups of children to have the privilege and opportunity to enjoy nearly every Disney classic in the comfort of my home on demand, I don’t have much nostalgia for my childhood favourites. They still have a special place in my heart because they undeniably have a hand in the person I have become, but they have since been replaced by other Disney films I didn’t necessarily appreciate as a child.

I have my qualms with Disney, none of which I plan on getting into right here, but I can appreciate many of their films for their artistry and heartfelt sentiment. This list does not reflect the tastes and impulses of my childhood self, but the obsessions and preferences of my young adulthood. That isn’t to say there isn’t any nostalgia involved,...

Burt Reynolds is set to guest star on Burn Notice as a former CIA agent whose life after retirement hasn't gone very well, which is supposed to be a "cautionary tale" for Michael Westen, much like Reynolds' scary overly-plastic-surgery face should serve as a cautionary tale to all of us.  Reynolds' ex-spy has become a bartender who gets in trouble with "some very nasty Russian guys," according to series creator Matt Nix.  No word yet on which episode in the upcoming new season he'll appear in.  Reynolds' last foray into television was a three-episode appearance on My Name Is Earl.

24 actress Mary Lynn Rajskub is also set to appear on a USA show this summer -- on Royal Pains, she'll play Newburg's stepdaughter in the second episode of the second season on June 10th, a character Rajskub described as "someone who does yoga on diet pills" on her Twitter account.

Having recovered from a quintuple bypass Burt Reynolds is to make an appearance on the new USA network spy series “Burn Notice”. The 74-year-old Hollywood legend will play a down-and-out ex-cia agent who has fallen from the top of his profession. Reynolds was only released from hospital after his quintuple bypass surgery on March 2, but he is said to be on the mend. Just weeks after his serious heart operation he made an appearance at the Palm Beach Festival’s Silver Screen Splash party. Though he looked frail his friends reported he was in good spirits. It was only last year that Reynolds admitted himself to the Florida Hanley Center in West Palm Beach to complete a nine-month rehabilitation program due to his addiction to pain killers. The role which Reynolds will play comes close to his own character it seems in many ways as a man who succumbs to his demons.

Burt Reynolds has landed a guest-starring role on Burn Notice.

The veteran actor will portray a cautionary tale for Jeffrey Donovan's Michael: a former CIA operative whose life has "not gone well since he left the spy service," says series creator Matt Nix.

The character will be named Paul Anderson and “he’s now working as a bartender under an assumed name, and he gets into trouble with some very nasty Russian guys," Nix added. "He’s Michael should Michael succumb to some of the demons that haunt ex-spies.”

The fourth season of Burn Notice premieres on June 3.

Burt Reynolds to guest star on Burn Notice With one of cable's hottest shows ready to burn up the airwaves with its fourth season next month, it seems that they have landed a high-profile guest star. Ausiello Files is reporting that Burt Reynolds will guest star in a Season 4 episode of Burn Notice.

Reynolds will play an ex-cia operative who was forced out of the spy biz, a character similar to Jeffrey Donovan's main character, Michael Westen, and is seen as a "cautionary tale" for Westen's character. Here's an except from the site's article.

"Things have not gone well for him since he left the spy service," explains series creator Matt Nix of Reynolds' character, Paul Anderson. "He's now working as a bartender under an assumed name, and he gets into trouble with some very nasty Russian guys.

"He's not precisely like Michael," adds Nix. "He's Michael should Michael...

Sort of but not really. Keep reading for a full explanation... Burn Notice has tapped acting vet Burt Reynolds to guest-star as a legendary operative, now retired and cast out of the CIA, who serves as somewhat of a cautionary tale for Michael (Jeffrey Donovan). "Things have not gone well for him since he left the spy service," explains series creator Matt Nix of Reynolds' character, Paul Anderson. "He's now working as a bartender under an assumed name, and he gets into trouble with some very nasty Russian guys. "He's not precisely like Michael," adds Nix. "He's Michael should Michael...