Fiddler's Journey To The Big Screen - 2022 documentary features John Williams

[Jay 37,322]

He's in the trailer:

 

 

 

He's also on the poster:

 

 

[crocodile 7,990]

Awesome, very interested in this.

 

Karol

[Raiders of the SoundtrArk 2,429]

Great, really need to watch the movie before this comes out. It's fun to see Williams on a poster

[Jay 37,322]

Fiddler's Journey to the Big Screen (2022)

Zeitgeist Films | 2022 | Not rated | Jul 26, 2022

Video Codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Resolution: 1080p
Original aspect ratio: 2.39:1
 

The Fall of 2021 marked the 50th anniversary of Fiddler on the Roof, the film Pauline Kael of The New Yorker called "the most powerful movie musical ever made." Narrated by Jeff Goldblum, FIDDLER'S JOURNEY TO THE BIG SCREEN captures the humor and drama of director Norman Jewison's quest to recreate the lost world of Jewish life in Tsarist Russia and re-envision the beloved stage hit as a wide-screen epic. Oscar-nominated filmmaker Daniel Raim puts us in the director's chair and in Jewison's heart and mind, drawing on rare behind-the-scenes footage, original storyboards, and never-before-seen stills as well as original interviews with Norman Jewison, Topol (Tevye), composer John Williams, production designer Robert F. Boyle, film critic Kenneth Turan, lyricist Sheldon Harnick, and actresses Rosalind Harris, Michele Marsh, and Neva Small (Tevye's daughters). The film explores how the experience of making "Fiddler" deepens Jewison as an artist and revives his soul.

 

 

https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Fiddlers-Journey-to-the-Big-Screen-Blu-ray/315746/

[JohnnyD 1,221]

Pre-ordered!

[Andy 4,091]

Wow this looks terrific!

[Edmilson 7,398]

I don't think Williams was as happy as the caricature above shows during the Fiddler recording sessions. 

[mrbellamy 6,272]

John Williams second-billed over the original Broadway lyricist and the star of the film is kind of a brag 

[crumbs 14,305]

I watched that documentary a few weeks back and it was fantastic. JW features prominently and his love for the project is obvious.

 

Not only does he recall some fantastic anecdotes about the film's production, but he provides fascinating insight into filmmaking itself, touching on subjects like choreography, casting and shot composition. Considering how rarely he discusses subjects beyond music, it was revelatory hearing him discuss other technical aspects of filmmaking so eloquently.

 

And yet it makes perfect sense, considering a career spent alongside successive generations of legendary filmmakers.

 

Even when you think you've heard it all, my appreciation of the man continues to grow.

[fommes 153]

Is the blu-ray region-free?

[Jay 37,322]

4 hours ago, fommes said:

Is the blu-ray region-free?

 

On 06/05/2022 at 5:09 PM, Jay said:

https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Fiddlers-Journey-to-the-Big-Screen-Blu-ray/315746/

 

 

The back cover of the blu ray is shown at that link, and it has Region A logo on the back