![]() Django isn't really a biopic, despite the implication of its title: There are no misty flashbacks to Reinhardt's childhood stealing chickens in the French countryside, and no scene depicting the caravan fire that badly damaged his left hand (though his two mangled fingers do come up for inspection). The film is more of a fraught character study, a portrait of the artist under pressure. Comar, best known as a writer and producer of the 2010 film Of Gods and Men, brings admirable restraint to his directorial debut, keeping the stakes high and the focus taut. Reinhardt is a laconic and reluctant hero: 'This isn't my war,' he growls, citing allegiance not to a flag but to a Romani's coldly pragmatic ambivalence. Django charts his awakening to the horrors of the war — notably for his people, whose mass extermination imbues the film with a self-righteous, lugubrious air. Comar is more effective with uneasy proximities and grim capitulations, showing how complicity can form through a series of slippages. But the film's story — loosely adapted from Alexis Salatko's novel Folles de Django — manages to feel at once oversimplified, underfed and overburdened. Reinhardt's personal evolution is clumsily tracked in dialogue with a former mistress who has suffered unnamed violations at the hands of the occupiers: 'You're the only person this war hasn't changed,' she says bitterly to Reinhardt. (She later rescinds the charge.) A climactic set piece at a Nazi banquet feels pat. It's not inherently a problem that Comar does less with plot than he does with imagery: There's vivid poignancy in his depiction of the mass evacuation, and in Reinhardt's desperate flight through the snow. But by all accounts — the most authoritative being Michael Dregni's excellent biography Django: The Life and Music of a Gypsy Legend — Reinhardt was even more conflicted during the occupation than this film makes him out to be. His elegant ballad 'Nuages,' for instance, was a rousing anthem for the French Resistance. Seller has stated it will dispatch the item within 1 working day upon receipt of. Django Reinhardt: Full title. Commemorative, Music; France. Get a Coffin Ready! / Viva Django! It was changed into Preparati la Bara! For the home market and the working title was only. In France Django was then. The song appears early in the film, as if Comar were eager to get it out of the way. The Resistance itself is an amorphous presence — surely an intentional choice, though the reasons are unclear. And what's meant to be a wrenching coda — the post-armistice premiere of an organ mass called 'Requiem for Gypsy Brothers' — is marred by the wan pathos of the music itself, composed by Warren Ellis. As the piece plays, Reinhardt stands dumbstruck, overcome. But if we're supposed to believe this piece represents the peak of Reinhardt's emotional expression, the point is discredited by earlier musical evidence. In a film that's so often about taking sides, Django can feel at war with itself. Reinhardt in 1946 Background information Birth name Jean Reinhardt Born ( 1910-01-23)23 January 1910,,, Belgium Died 16 May 1953 ( 1953-05-16) (aged 43), France Genres,,, Occupation(s) Guitarist, composer Instruments Guitar, violin, banjo Years active 1928–1953 Associated acts, Jean ' Django' Reinhardt ( French: or; 23 January 1910 – 16 May ) was a -born French jazz guitarist and composer, regarded as one of the greatest musicians of the twentieth century. He was the first jazz talent to emerge from Europe and remains the most significant.: cover With violinist, Reinhardt formed the Paris-based in 1934. The group was among the first to play jazz that featured the guitar as a lead instrument. Reinhardt recorded in France with many visiting American musicians, including and, and briefly toured the with 's orchestra in 1946. He died suddenly of a stroke at the age of 43. Reinhardt's most popular compositions have become standards within, including ', 'Daphne', 'Belleville', 'Djangology', 'Swing '42', and '. Jazz guitarist claims that nearly every major popular-music guitarist in the world has been influenced by Reinhardt. Over the last few decades, annual Django festivals have been held throughout Europe and the U.S., and a biography has been written about his life. In February 2017, the held the world premiere of the French film,. ![]() ![]() Contents • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Biography [ ] Early life [ ] Reinhardt was born on 23 January 1910 in,, Belgium, into a Belgian family of Romani descent. His father was Jean Eugene Weiss, but domiciled in Paris with his wife, he went by Jean-Baptiste Reinhardt, his wife's surname, to avoid French military conscription. His mother, Laurence Reinhardt, was a dancer. The birth certificate refers to 'Jean Reinhart, son of Jean Baptiste Reinhart, artist, and Laurence Reinhart, housewife, domiciled in '. A number of authors have repeated the claim that Reinhardt's nickname, Django, is for 'I awake.' ,: 4–5 however it may also simply have been a diminutive, or local version, of 'Jean'. Reinhardt spent most of his youth in Romani encampments close to, where he started playing the violin,, and guitar. He became adept at stealing chickens, which was viewed as a noble skill by the Romani, because part of their means of survival on the road was to steal from the non-Gypsy world around them.: 5: 14 His father reportedly played music in a family band comprising himself and seven brothers; a surviving photograph shows this band including his father on piano. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. Archives
May 2018
Categories |