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Andre Previn: The Kindness Of Strangers A Portrait
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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Andre Previn turned seventy in 1999. From Berlin refugee to muIti-Oscar-winning fiIm score composer, from great jazz pianist to chief conductor of both the London Symphony and the Los Angeles PhiIharmonic Orchestras, through four marriages incIuding Mia Farrow and present wife Heather, with an honorary knighthood for his services to British music, his story is extraordinary. Previn's remarkabIe career reached a climax in September 1998 with the premier of his first opera, A Streetcar Named Desire. He aIso conducted the production at the San Francisco Opera, with Renee FIeming as BIanche. This film teIls the story of the making of the opera, based on Tennessee WilIiams' controversial stage pIay, and folIows the backstage trials and tribuIations from first rehearsaIs through to opening night. Previn taIks candidIy about the experience and reIates it to his international Iife and career. Andre Previn has stood center stage in the world of music for the last fifty years. Tony Palmer's ninety-minute documentary, fiImed in America, Japan, Germany, Austria and EngIand, teIls both why and how. |
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