Out today on VOD is Brett Whitcomb's SXSW documentary A Life in Waves, a film about electronic music pioneer Suzanne Ciani. The film is being released by Gunpowder & Sky and we have been asked to share a clip with you where Ciani talks about some commercial work she did for Merrill Lynch and Atari. Unfortunately, I am now old enough to remember seeing the Bull in a China Shop commercial for Merrill Lynch on television. I do not recall that Atari commercial, though I swear to goodness, that looks like Ted Danson in it. We have also included the trailer below. Find A Life in Waves on VOD today! A Life in Waves explores the life and innovations of composer and...
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- 8/4/2017
- Screen Anarchy
Electronic music is an undeniably, overwhelmingly male-dominated field, with The Chicago Tribune reporting as recently as last summer that Lollapalooza’s “Perry’s Stage” featuring electronic acts only had one female DJ/producer booked for the entire weekend. And when Suzanne Ciani first became infatuated with synthesizers in the early 1970s, there were few people working in the medium, let alone women. The new documentary A Life In Waves tracks the 2017 Moog Innovation Award recipient’s career, from her beginnings composing scores and creating sound effects for film, TV, and video games—the pinball game Xenon features her work, as does Meco’s infamous Star Wars disco soundtrack—to her advertising work and later transformation into a successful New Age, jazz, and solo piano artist with 15 albums under her belt.
In the exclusive clip form A Life In Waves below, Ciani describes how she created one of advertising ...
In the exclusive clip form A Life In Waves below, Ciani describes how she created one of advertising ...
- 8/3/2017
- by Katie Rife
- avclub.com
Get in touch to send in cinephile news and discoveries. For daily updates follow us @NotebookMUBI.NEWSTwo legends lost this week: actress Jeanne Moreau at 89 and playwright, screenwriter and actor Sam Shepard at 73. That's Moreau, above, with director Michelangelo Antonioni on the set of the great La notte (1961).Recommended Viewing"What brings you to us?" Good question—we know next to nothing about Darren Aronofsky's new film mother! other than that it stars Jennifer Lawrence. The first teaser trailer doesn't help much, but we wish we were attending the Venice Film Festival to catch the premiere.We're intoxicated by the punk-noir trailer for F.J. Ossang's new film, 9 Doigts (9 Fingers), which is premiering later this week at the Locarno Film Festival.Fun of a different kind can be found in the trailer the Coen brothers-scripted, George Clooney-directed Suburbicon. It's headed to Venice as well.If you enjoyed Mubi's...
- 8/1/2017
- MUBI
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