Release Date

23 Oct, 1997

Runtime

00:55: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

THE SOUND OF THE CARCERI explores the deep relationship between music and architecture through a high-tech 'virtual confrontation' between Bach and his contemporary, the architect Giovanni Battista Piranesi. Using a striking visual style, director Francois Girard ('The Red Violin' and 'Thirty-Two Short Films about Glenn Gould') places Yo-Yo Ma within a series of computer-generated, three-dimensional recreations of Piranesi's well-known prison etchings. Through Yo-Yo Ma's and music producer Steven Epstein's struggle to recreate and interact with the imaginary space that Ma performs in, the film examines the complexity of illusion, of representation and reality.

Original Title

Bach Cello Suite #2: The Sound of the Carceri

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Actors

Yo-Yo Ma

Crew

François Girard

Yo-Yo Ma

Nick McKinney

Niv Fichman