Art Direction
ウッドストックが開催された1969年の夏、160キロ離れた場所で行われたもうひとつの歴史的音楽フェスティバル「ハーレム・カルチュラル・フェスティバル」にスポットを当てた音楽ドキュメンタリー。スティービー・ワンダー、B・B・キング、マヘリア・ジャクソン、ニーナ・シモンらブラックミュージックのスターが集結し、30万人以上が参加しながらも、その様子を記録した映像は約50年間も地下室に埋もれたままになっていた。4度のグラミー賞受賞者で、エミネムやジェイ・Zのプロデューサーとしても知られるアミール・“クエストラブ”・トンプソンが初監督を務め、黒人の歴史やカルチャー、ファッション、音楽の大々的な発表の場となった同フェスティバルの全貌を、貴重な映像や当時のインタビュー、そして約50年の時を経てこの映像に初めて触れる当時の参加者たちの証言を交えながら描き出す。2021年サンダンス映画祭でドキュメンタリー部門の審査員大賞と観客賞を受賞。
Art Department Assistant
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Costume Designer
Verdi’s admiration for Shakespeare led to such masterpieces as Othello and Falstaff, and if the earlier Macbeth isn’t on their exalted level it’s still a powerfully dramatic opera that hews closely to the original’s story line. The MET’s production retains the dark aura of the opera while updating it to a vaguely post-modern context. So the witches are bag ladies in various stages of decrepitude, with children in tow. The Banquet Scene features lowered chandeliers, a plethora of chairs, and a slew of extras dressed in tuxedos and party gowns. Macbeth sports a leather coat, the soldiers are in drab brown uniforms and seem to have fingers on their triggers even when they’re supposed to be in non-threatening situations. Director Adrian Noble also has Lady Macbeth do an inordinate amount of writhing around and singing from a lying-down position, adding to the feeling that a less interventionist directorial hand might have generated more impact.
Set Designer
Verdi’s admiration for Shakespeare led to such masterpieces as Othello and Falstaff, and if the earlier Macbeth isn’t on their exalted level it’s still a powerfully dramatic opera that hews closely to the original’s story line. The MET’s production retains the dark aura of the opera while updating it to a vaguely post-modern context. So the witches are bag ladies in various stages of decrepitude, with children in tow. The Banquet Scene features lowered chandeliers, a plethora of chairs, and a slew of extras dressed in tuxedos and party gowns. Macbeth sports a leather coat, the soldiers are in drab brown uniforms and seem to have fingers on their triggers even when they’re supposed to be in non-threatening situations. Director Adrian Noble also has Lady Macbeth do an inordinate amount of writhing around and singing from a lying-down position, adding to the feeling that a less interventionist directorial hand might have generated more impact.
