Time for another MSPIFF — the Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival. With hundreds of titles screening April 2 through 13, you’ll want to plan ahead. Here are three movies about music — and one with live music — plus links to more info and show times:
Right in the Eye: Live Movie-Concert of Georges Méliès Films: Right in the Eye is a live music performance set to 12 films by Georges Méliès, a pioneer of the cinema and a wizard of special effects. Created by Méliès’ great-great-granddaughter, three virtuoso musicians use an extraordinary range of instruments — including piano, percussion, guitar and unique oddities like the aquaphone, theremin and even plastic takeout lids — to bring new life to Méliès' films in the spirit of the technical wizardry and playful creativity that defined his work.
Flicka: Flicka is the inspiring documentary about the incredible career of opera singer Frederica von Stade. After her opera career, she focused on bringing musical training to underprivileged students and even to the unhoused. Archival footage and interviews capture her irresistible personality, her enthusiasm for every project and her joyous love of music.
Ai Weiwei’s Turandot: Renowned Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei turns his attention to directing Puccini’s opera Turandot at the Rome Opera, only to be thwarted by the pandemic and the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which affected artists in the production. What finally emerges is a Turandot as beautiful as it is political.
John Cranko: Famous for his production of Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet ballet, this drama is a dance-infused tribute to the virtuoso choreographer driven by a quest for perfection in both art and love.
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