miliosr Posted November 6, 2017 Share Posted November 6, 2017 Forthcoming documentary about the building of the Metropolitan Opera House in NYC: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGgzqqAR5Wc Good to see the filmmaker(s) aren't shying away from discussing all those people who lost their homes in order to build Lincoln Center. Link to comment
sandik Posted November 11, 2017 Share Posted November 11, 2017 On 11/6/2017 at 4:23 AM, miliosr said: Good to see the filmmaker(s) aren't shying away from discussing all those people who lost their homes in order to build Lincoln Center. True that -- looking forward to seeing this. Link to comment
Helene Posted November 11, 2017 Share Posted November 11, 2017 They've been playing excerpts during the Met Live in HD intermissions, and Peter Gelb wasn't kidding when he said the 90+ Leontyne Price is the star of the film. Link to comment
sandik Posted November 11, 2017 Share Posted November 11, 2017 She's certainly the star of the trailer! Link to comment
miliosr Posted January 13, 2018 Author Share Posted January 13, 2018 (edited) I saw it today. Leontyne Price is very funny in it and definitely steals the show. SPOILERS AHEAD The filmmakers don't shy away from detailing how Robert Moses levelled an entire neighborhood to make room for Lincoln Center. Two of the former residents of the neighborhood, who were young boys at the time, are interviewed and they explain how their parents received notice that they had to be out and that was that. The residents of the neighborhood didn't know anyone they could go to to seek relief. The film also contains documentary footage of the groundbreaking ceremony with Leonard Bernstein conducting Aaron Copland's Fanfare for the Commom Man. I don't know what the filmmakers' intent was but the juxtaposition of this footage with the former residents' interviews certainly is a jarring one. The high point of the film is the fly-on-the-wall documentary footage capturing the preparations for Franco Zeffirelli's production of Samuel Barber's Antony and Cleopatra (w/ Price). Price is very funny here, especially when she talks about being stuck inside a giant pyramid during dress rehearsal. I looked up Zeffirelli not realizing that he's still alive. And I came across this: http://people.com/movies/johnathon-schaech-molested-franco-zeffirelli/?xid=socialflow_twitter_peoplemag Edited January 13, 2018 by miliosr Link to comment
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