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The devil is in the detail : Robert Carsen's Candide / a film by Peter Friedman ; director, producer, camera, editor: Peter Friedman ; co-producer: Mon Ross ; executive producers: Peter Friedman, Doug Rappaport.

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The Docuseek Complete Collection 3rd Edition
Format:
Video
Contributor:
Carsen, Robert, on-screen participant.
Friedman, Peter, film director, film producer, director of photography, editor of moving image work.
Ross, Mon, film producer.
Rappaport, Douglas, film producer.
Strange Attractions, Inc., production company, distributor.
Language:
English
French
Subjects (All):
Carsen, Robert.
Opera--Production and direction--France--Paris.
Theatrical producers and directors--Biography.
Theatrical producers and directors.
Opera--Production and direction.
France--Paris.
Genre:
Biographical films.
Feature films.
Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.
Biographies.
Video recordings.
Physical Description:
1 streaming video file (1 hr., 54 min.) : digital, sound, color
polychrome
Place of Publication:
[Paris, France] : [Distributed by] Strange Attractions, [2021]
Language Note:
In English and French, with English subtitles.
System Details:
System requirements: Firefox 4 and up; Safari 5.0 and up; Chrome version 21 and up; Internet Explorer 8 and up; Flash or HTML5 player.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
video file
Summary:
A feature-length cinema vérité portrait of one of the world's greatest stage directors at work, filmed over the course of a year. From his first sketches in pencil until opening night, we witness Carsen's creative processes as he reinvents Leonard Bernstein's CANDIDE, which Bernstein and writer Lillian Hellman based on the classic 18th century book by Voltaire, in order to satirize Senator McCarthy and his anti-Communist witch-hunts. Carsen's name is not well known to the general public, but it's a household word among the heads of every theater, museum, and opera house in Europe and the US. While his primary focus is bringing an audacious, contemporary visual style to classical operas, his wide-ranging work includes "Karl For Ever", a 2019 tribute to Karl Lagerfeld for the Grand Palais in Paris, and a cowboy show for Disneyland Paris which has been running for 25 years.
Notes:
Title from title frames.
Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed September 15, 2021).
Publisher Number:
st-devil Docuseek2
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license.

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