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Product details - Thomas vinterbergands cult film is transformed into a bold new opera in this world premiere by mark anthony turnage'. '.strtoupper('b')ackgrounddecorum descends into chaos in this piercing new opera of trauma and complicity'. '.strtoupper('a')cclaimed contemporary composer mark anthony turnage anna nicole, coraline and librettist lee hall billy elliott come together with director richard jones la bohandegraveme, samson et dalila to adapt oscar winning filmmaker thomas vinterbergands the hunt, another round 1998 film'. '.strtoupper('a')n international cast conducted by edward gardner and led by allan clayton, standeacutephane degout and gerald finley takes on this operatic world premiere'. '.strtoupper('f')rom screen to stagethe danish avant garde film movement dogme95 that became infamous within the world of cinema in the late nineties began with festen the celebration, thomas vinterbergands international breakthrough and the source material for composer mark anthony turnage'. '.strtoupper('w')ith fellow film director lars von trier nymphomaniac, melancholia, breaking the waves andndash the latter two adapted into operas, vinterberg created a manifesto that intentionally mimicked french film auteur franandccedilois truffautands andlsquoune certaine tendance du cinemaand, the cahiers du cinandeacutema article that had launched the french new wave movement in 1954.the dogme95 rules or andlsquovows of chastityand, as named by von trier and vinterberg, were to be implemented, first and foremost, to allow traditional storytelling, raw performance style and specific themes greater focus'. '.strtoupper('e')laborate special effects and technology were forbidden, while shooting was to be done on location, in natural light and with hand held cameras'. '.strtoupper('w')ith this approach, it is perhaps unsurprising that festen andndash its damning emotional revelations unvarnished by the artificial devices of popular cinema andndash is particularly conducive to the more organic and indeed dramatic setting of the stage'. '.strtoupper('f')esten has been adapted multiple times for the stage, including for the almeida theatre, in the west end and later on broadway'. '.strtoupper('t')he libretto for this opera has been adapted and created by lee hall, who wrote the screenplay for the film billy elliott. |
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