Experimental adaptation of Art Spiegelman’s graphic novel by Italian musician/director Marco Cappelli
CANADIAN THEATRICAL PREMIERE AT THE 20TH TORONTO JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL
The Italian Cultural Institute is pleased to sponsor the screening of In The Shadow of No Towers by musician/director Marco Cappelli.
Sunday, May 6, 2012 - 1:00pm
Innis Town Hall Theatre - 2 Sussex Ave, Toronto
To buy tickets please visit http://tjff.com/info.php?pid=51
The director will be in attendance.
Marco Cappelli has directed the animation film In The Shadow of No Towers (USA - 2011 -53min.) as well as arranged its music. The film is a powerful and experimental adaptation of Art Spiegelman’s graphic novel recounting his first-hand experience at ground zero on 9/11, as well as his grief and disillusionment that followed. Marco Cappelli makes creative use of Spiegelman’s images, while actor John Turturro narrates, and the band Syntax Error offers an experimental fusion of modern classical, rock, jazz, country, and cartoon music.
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Marco Cappelli
After completing his music studies, Marco Cappelli has lead an extraordinary artistic path, becoming familiar both with rigorous written music as well as with free improvisation languages. The diversity of Marco’s performances is due to a fascinating array of collaborations (Anthony Coleman, Michel Godard, Butch Morris, Franco Piersanti, Jim Pugliese, Enrico Rava, Marc Ribot, Elliott Sharp, Giovanni Sollima, Markus Stockhausen, Cristina Zavalloni and more). He is a regular guest in important classical and contemporary music series in Europe and in the USA as well as in jazz and avant-garde music festivals both as a soloist and in ensemble settings. Among the founders of the acclaimed Italian contemporary music group "Ensemble Dissonanzen”, Marco Cappelli currently lives in New York, where he is involved with the contemporary and avant-garde music scene. He is Guitar Professor at the Conservatory “Vincenzo Bellini” in Palermo and Music Associate at Columbia University in New York. Marco has recorded three solo guitar CDs: "Fantasia per Ensemble" and "Yun Mu" for the Italian label TDS, and EGP for the prestigious American label Mode Records. In 2006-2007 Marco Cappelli published "Los Angeles Tapes" (with Andrea Centazzo and Kato Hideki) for Ictus Records, and signed his debut on John Zorn’s Tzadik, taking part in duo with Jim Pugliese on the CD "Pushy Blueness" by Anthony Coleman.
http://www.marcocappelli.com/
