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Andrea Bocelli - Tuscan Skies (Cieli di Toscana)(more) »rank: 20433starring: Andrea Bocelli
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Shostakovich Against Stalin(more) »rank: 35463starring: Valery Gergiev, Netherlands Radio Philharmonic, Flora Litvinova, Graham Haley, Dmitri Shostakovich
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Mozartballs(more) »rank: 138150directed by: Larry Weinstein
: :The power of art to defy and even transcend politics and oppression is the theme of Shostakovich Against Stalin: The War Symphonies, director Larry Weinstein's documentary about Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich and the six symphonies he composed while his homeland suffered under the brutal dictatorship of Josef Stalin. Born in 1906, Shostakovich gained considerable prominence after the unveiling of his first symphony in 1926, by which time Lenin was dead, the USSR had been founded, and Stalin had assumed power as General Secretary of the Communist Party. Thereafter, the composer was subject to the whims of the dictator. An early opera, 'Lady Macbeth ... |
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Andrea Bocelli: Cieli Di Toscana(more) »rank: 231151starring: Andrea Bocelli
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Burnt Toast(more) »rank: 150187directed by: Larry Weinstein
: :'Brunt Toast' is the brainchild of the same team that created 'Toothpaste', the 6-minute domestic opera that has been screened throughout the world has received numerous international prizes. Also featuring Scott Thompson, Mark McKinney, Colin Mochrie and Jessica Holmes, 'Burnt Toast' is a series of eight comedic vignettes which were written by Dan Redican (story editor for Kids in the Hall). The stories follow the arc of the modern relationship from a darkly comedic viewpoint with each vignette using a different set of characters to tell stories from unrequited love through to marriage and on to divorce. What truly makes this project ... |