Archive for July, 2008
Next Entries »German Films at 7th Tribeca Film Festival 2008
Tuesday, July 1st, 2008Back in 2002, Robert de Niro, Jane Rosenthal and Craig Hatkoff founded the Tribeca Film Festival as a response to the aftermath of 9/11 with the mission to revive the devastated neighborhood. Now in its 7th year, the festival draws huge crowds and has become a landmark not only in the Manhattan cultural scene, but […]
Film Scores of Dmitry Shostakovich
Tuesday, July 1st, 2008Ask any Russian scholar who was the greatest Soviet film composer, and you’re asking for a bare-knuckle fist-fight. The list quickly boils down to three: Dmitry Shostakovich (1906-1975), Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1951), and Aram Khachaturian (1903-1978) – with Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) thrown in on the side because he was always criticizing Shostakovich for lowering himself to […]
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