Osaka European Film Festival 2009
Among the 2009 Osaka European Film Festival screenings are:
Gabriele Salvatore’s As God Commands
Krisztina Goda’s Chameleon
Oliver Paulus‘ Tandoori Love
Stijn Coninx’s Priest Daens
Erik Van Looy’s The Alzheimer Case
Erik Van Looy’s Loft
Also, the photo exhibition “Bye Bye Maurice,” featuring Maurice Jarre
by Irene Young | October 8, 2009
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Tags: As God Commands, Chameleon, Erik Van Looy, Film Festivals, Gabriele Salvatore, Maurice Jarre, Oliver Paulus, Osaka European Film Festival, Priest Daens, Tandoori Love, The Alzheimer Case
Maurice Jarre
Maurice Jarre, best known for his Oscar-winning association with David Lean in films such as Lawrence of Arabia (1962), Doctor Zhivago (1965) and A Passage to India (1984), died in his sleep on March 28 at his home in Malibu after a brief illness. Some reports claimed that Jarre had cancer. He was 84.
Throughout his five-decade career in film and on television Jarre was nominated for nine Academy Awards, winning Oscars for the three aforementioned films with Lean. (Following Lawrence of Arabia, Lean only made three more films, all with Jarre as composer. Their other collaboration was Ryan’s Daughter in 1970.)
Jarre also won two British Academy Awards — for Witness (1985) and Dead Poets Society (1989); four [...]
by Andre Soares | March 31, 2009
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Tags: A Passage to India, Composers, David Lean, Doctor Zhivago, Eyes Without a Face, Film Music, Jean-Michel Jarre, Kevin Jarre, Lawrence of Arabia, Maurice Jarre, Ryan's Daughter, Witness
Berlin 2009: Maurice Jarre to Receive Honorary Golden Bear
The 59th Berlin International Film Festival’s Homage will be dedicated to Maurice Jarre, 84, who will receive the Honorary Golden Bear for lifetime achievement on February 12, 2009.
Among Jarre’s screen credits are the David Lean epics and sub-epics Lawrence of Arabia, Doctor Zhivago, Ryan’s Daughter, and A Passage to India, plus Les Yeux sans visage / Eyes Without a Face, The Collector, Grand Prix, The Tin Drum, and the Peter Weir-directed dramas Witness, Dead Poets Society, and Fearless.
From the Berlinale’s press release:
"Born in Lyon in 1924, Maurice Jarre began his musical career with studies in percussion and conducting at the Conservatoire de Paris. He became the musical director of the Théâtre National Populaire in 1950, and composed [...]
by Massimo David | December 18, 2008
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Tags: Berlin 2009, Berlin Film Festival, Composers, David Lean, Film Awards, Film Festivals, Honorary Golden Bear, Maurice Jarre
