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Made while Ryuichi Sakamoto was battling the throat cancer he would eventually succumb to, this documentary portrait spans his career in music, film, and antinuclear activism. Through interviews, Sakamoto gives insights into his work on his famous soundtracks to The Last Emperor, Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence, and others. He also reminisces about his days in the Yellow Magic Orchestra and offers up some truly surprising observations. (For example, because pianos are made of wood forced into unnatural shapes, he says they don’t go out of tune but are instead “matter struggling to return to a natural state.”) We also get to see him at work on his score for The Revenant, recording the sounds of nature and playing a piano that had been submerged by the Fukushima tsunami. “[B]y the end,” writes Ben Kenigsberg in the New York Times, “you will feel as if you not only understand Mr. Sakamoto intellectually, but also share a sense of the excitement he feels when discovering just the right match of sounds.” (Dir.: Stephen Nomura Schible, United States / Japan, 2017, 101 min., DCP, English and Japanese with English subtitles)
Film admission policy: Films are shown in the 300-seat Meyer Auditorium. Preregistration (up to four tickets per person per film) is encouraged but not required. Seating is available on a first –come, first served basis for patrons without tickets.
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