The composer couldn’t care less about posterity. Well, bordel de merde, Maestro Michel Legrand, posterity cares very much for your contribution to music and cinema and the fabulous documentary, ONCE UPON A TIME MICHEL LEGRAND illustrates that legacy.
“I never wrote a film score that was expected”, quotes Michel Legrand. “Jamais!”
When you listen to The Thomas Crown Affair or The Summer of 42 or the non canonical James Bond film, Never Say Never Again, you recognise the truth.
Director David Hertzog Dessites displays his disciplined documentarian credentials with this loving tribute to a sometimes exasperating subject. A chronicle from birth to death, ONCE UPON A TIME MICHEL LEGRAND depicts a fairy tale life born of talent, temerity and tenacity.
This is an engrossing, all encompassing journey through a career guided by the love of music generally, jazz emphatically, and the allure of scoring unique motion pictures.
Cinephiles will relish the cavalcade of clips from the myriad movies and music lovers will appreciate the concert-centric footage.
ONCE UPON A TIME MICHEL LEGRAND is among the gems at this year’s Alliance Francaise French Film Festival.
Sydney, NSW: 3 March – 8 April
Venues: State Theatre, Palace Central, Palace Norton Street, Palace Moore Park, Hayden Orpheum
Picture Palace, Roseville Cinemas, United Cinemas Warriewood
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