Philip Glass Talks for Think Tank Series

Porto Alegre, Brazil, December 26, 2008 --(PR.com)-- V2 Cinema presents the short feature What Are You Looking For?, starring American composer Philip Glass, on www.v2cinema.com. Directed by Camila Gonzatto, the movie combines documentary, musical and surreal imagery. The video is the fourth of five shorts from online series Boundaries of Thought: Think Tank (AKA Fronteiras do Pensamento: Ensaios Visuais. The Think Tank is sponsored by Braskem and Copesul Cultural and produced by Davi de Oliveira Pinheiro and Letícia de Cássia.

A lonely piano lost in floating waters of a river, urban landscape, a brief exposition of Glass’ ideas and a particular piano concert from the maestro are mixed together in order to composite the experience proposed by director Camila Gonzatto. "The idea of the production was to make a 'visual essay'. I followed that line, trying to find and create images that could work as metaphors of the sonority and, in a way, the structure of Philip Glass's music" says Camila. What Are You Looking For? was shot in two days in the city of Porto Alegre (Brazil).

"The film shows us a point of view about music, of an artist that had an incredible contribution to music nowadays. I believe that, from him, many more ways can be discussed", says Camila. What Are You Looking For? alternates between black and white Super 8 film and high definition video (HDV) in the search for its way to represent Glass’ work. "The idea was to get a different texture for the same images, a bit like Glass's music, that works with repetition, but the repetition is never the same, it always has something different", explains the director.

Synopses: The steps of time. Philip Glass reflects about the origin of music and the ideas that become each piano note.

What Are You Looking For? - Directed By Camila Gonzatto Produced By Davi de Oliveira Pinheiro and Letícia de Cássia. Photographed By Glauco Firpo. Edited By Alfredo Barros. Running Time: 7 minutes. In English.

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