Why do people become what they come to be ? what makes a person interesting ? Jacqueline du Pre bounded into Christopher Nupen's life when she was just 15. One day he started filming her, almost by chance, capturing her singing a folk song while playing pizzicato on a train. Music on film has never been the same. Nupen's films explore the way people come into themselves. His film about Sibelius is not a simple biography by any means, but a sensitive, musically astute look at the nature of Sibelius's creative gifts - it's one of the best ever films "about" music, a symphony on its own way. Then there's his wonderful documentary about Nathan Milstein. That won numerous awards on release last year -it's wonderful. His film about Vladimir Ashkenazy is soon to be released on Allegro DVD. Watch this space ! Google these below for more
Nathan Milstein Nupen
Karim's Journey Nupen (this is a sleeper but will come into its own one day)
and here's the Sibelius film link in full :
http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2006/Sept06/Sibelius_Nupen_05CN.htm
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