John Adams at the movies: Tilda Swinton in I am Love
(May 2010)
John Adams at the movies: Tilda Swinton in I am LoveJohn Adams’s recent orchestral work City Noir paid homage to the movie industry in a 1950s setting, and the tribute has been returned with two new films on general release featuring his music.
The soundtrack to the Italian film I am Love (Io sono l’amore), a 10-year labour of love from director Luca Guadagnino and actress Tilda Swinton, resounds throughout with Adams’s music – a vital ingredient in the creation of the movie. Scores featured include Century Rolls, Harmonielehre, Fearful Symmetries, Shaker Loops, Lollapalooza, The Chairman Dances and Nixon in China. Tilda Swinton and John Adams are hosting a number of red carpet screenings in the USA, including San Francisco, Washington and New York.
15 June brings the Nonesuch release of the film soundtrack of I Am Love (524842). To listen to clips visit:
http://www.nonesuch.com/albums/i-am-love-soundtrack
“The drama’s intensity is buoyed up by the intricate, imposing dynamism of John Adams’s music. Guadagnino astutely matches scenes to specific pieces: the result is certainly cinema’s most inspired coupling of music and image since There Will Be Blood… I Am Love is a deeply serious film, and a seriously political one, but it’s also playful, flamboyant and visually magnificent.” The Independent on Sunday
“An exquisite feast of sensual pleasures that’s almost certainly the most elegant piece of cinema you’ll see this year.” The Times
Guadagnino's film tells the story of the wealthy Recchi family, whose lives are undergoing sweeping changes. Eduardo Sr., the family patriarch, has decided to name a successor to the reigns of his massive industrial company, surprising everyone by splitting power between his son Tancredi, and grandson Edo. But Edo dreams of opening a restaurant with his friend Antonio, a handsome and talented chef.
At the heart of the family is Tancredi's wife Emma (Swinton), a Russian immigrant who has adopted the culture of Milan. An adoring and attentive mother, her existence is shocked to the core when she falls quickly and deeply in love with Edo's friend and partner Antonio, and embarks on a passionate love affair that will change her family forever.
For more details of I am Love, including a screening schedule and trailer, visit:
http://www.iamlovemovie.com/
Music by Adams can also be heard on the soundtrack of Martin Scorsese’s recent film Shutter Island starring Leonardo DiCaprio. The movie is radical in its use of contemporary classical music rather than a film score and includes Adams’s Christian Zeal and Activity and Hoodoo Zephyr alongside works by John Cage, Ligeti, Brian Eno and Ingram Marshall. A 2CD set of the film’s music was recently released by Warner on the Rhino label (081227983192).
For more details of Shutter Island, visit:
http://www.shutterisland.com
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