Music is a universal language that inspires, mobilises and links people together. Amongst those people are filmmakers and many of them, inspired by music, have offered their talent to document the lives of musicians, their music and their concerts. Cinéma du Parc will now offer a meeting place for Montrealers passionate about music by offering them quality programming of movies about music. So music fans of all allegiances, you are invited to LET IT BEAT!, the new monthly series of movies about music that will have their Montreal premiere at Cinéma du Parc during which activities will be planned before and/or after the screening of the films. In the words of Nietzsche, "Without music, life would be a mistake."
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THIS MOVIE IS BROKEN
September 2 at 9:00pm
THE AGONY AND ECSTASY OF PHIL SPECTOR
September 16 at 9:00pm
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THIS MOVIE IS BROKEN
September 2 at 9:00pm
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Canada. 2010. Dir.: Bruce McDonald. 35 mm. 85 min. With Greg Calderone, Georgina Reilly and BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE (Brendans Canning, Kevin Drew, Jason Collett, Feist, Emily Haynes).
www.thismovieisbroken.com
www.brokensocialscene.ca
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On a hot summer’s night in Toronto, a Broken Social Scene show tops all expectations and resonates deep into the morning, into the lives of two close friends….closer than they knew.
Unbelievable: Bruno wakes up in bed next to Caroline, his long time crush. But tomorrow she's off for school in France, and maybe she only granted this miracle as a parting gift for her long time friend. So tonight -- tonight is Bruno's last chance. And tonight, as it happens, Broken Social Scene, her favorite band, is throwing a big outdoor bash. Maybe if Bruno, with the help of his best pal Blake, can score tickets and give Caroline a night to remember, he can keep this miracle alive.
"This Movie is Broken is a two-in-one – a breezy romantic drama set over the course of a day in the city, and a concert documentary shot at Harbourfront Centre with “Toronto’s hometown band,” Broken Social Scene. (…) It’s a Broken Social Scene movie, with a sweet tease of a story that pretends for a moment that Toronto and Paris could share an affair."
– THE GLOBE AND MAIL
"Directed by Hard Core Logo filmmaker Bruce McDonald, the group’s longtime friend, the movie shares more in common with Jean-Luc Godard’s 1968 documentary of the Rolling Stones than the typical MuchMusic video clip."
– NATIONAL POST
"Scripted by Don McKellar — McDonald’s collaborator on the 1989 film Roadkill — the storyline for This Movie Is Broken proves to be gentle as a summer breeze, and every bit as romantic as a Broken Social Scene song. (…)This Movie Is Broken sneaks up on you, gradually growing more affecting. Like its characters, the film seems to merely drift along, which makes it a genuine surprise when a stirring moment arrives. (…)This Movie Is Broken is about Broken Social Scene, but it’s also about its fans. McDonald’s film is for them, and understands what they already know – that while relationships may come and go, the memory of a great gig will remain forever."
- CBC
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THE AGONY AND ECSTASY OF PHIL SPECTOR
September 16 at 9:00pm
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UK. 2009. Dir. : Vikram Jayanti. Digital projection. 102 min.
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Legendary pop music genius, record producer Phil Spector created the “wall of sound” behind some of the greatest hits of the ’60s: Be My Baby, He’s a Rebel, Da Doo Ron Ron, You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feeling, to name just a few. Today he is imprisoned serving 19 years to- life for the murder of B-movie actress Lana Clarkson. During his first trial (a hung jury), Spector gives a rare freewheeling interview to Vikram Jayanti, filmed at his castle, seated before the white piano which he bought with John Lennon, for Imagine. He lucidly holds forth on his life and work: his father’s suicide when he was a child; the process through which he achieved his distinctive sound; his friendship with Lennon; and his case that (despite Paul McCartney’s position), he salvaged the Beatles’ album, Let It Be. Then there is Spector’s curious enmity toward Tony Bennett and Buddy Holly (“he got a postage stamp even though he was only in rock ’n’ roll three years”), and a grandiosity that has him likening himself to Bach, da Vinci, Michelangelo and Galileo. And, yes, there is an endless parade of hairstyles and flamboyant outfits.
“Lives up to its grandiose title. A scoop. A Top 40 opera. The Ronettes performing songwriter Spector’s infectiously plaintive ‘Be My Baby.’ Pure ecstasy! And so it goes for the next 100 minutes, as Spector’s discourse and observations…are interwoven with his greatest hits, often played in their glorious entirety. Spector didn’t invent adolescent emo, but he dignified it with Wagnerian pow.”
– J. HOBERMAN, VILLAGE VOICE
“Creepily riveting! A rock ‘n’ roll Napoleon in exile, caught in a time warp. His accomplishments speak for themselves; he was a pop giant mingling with rock ‘n’ roll deities at a moment when people believed in them.”
– STEPHEN HOLDEN, THE NEW YORK TIMES
“Has the great virtue of delving deeply into Spector’s artistic legacy, through well-chosen video and sound clips, incisive and analytical supertitles by Spector’s biographer Mick Brown, and, most of all by Spector’s own recollections… (discussing) his classic work in illuminating detail.”
– RICHARD BRODY, THE NEW YORKER
“PREPARE TO BE DAZZLED”
– TIME OUT NEW YORK
“Illuminating and entertaining… it’s mesmerizing.”
– NEW YORK MAGAZINE
“A dark, gripping, revelatory and at times hilarious portrait. Spector himself is utterly captivating. Unmissable.”
– ANDREW MALE, MOJO (UK)
“Not only a hell of an exclusive but a work of art itself, a synthesis of a psychological profile, a critical history and a candid, surprising interview. An overwhelming experience.”
– ANDREW BILLEN, THE TIMES (LONDON)
Original English version
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