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Ryuichi Sakamoto: Async At The Park Avenue Armory

Ryuichi Sakamoto: Async At The Park Avenue Armory · Ryuichi Sakamoto: Async At The Park Avenue Armory

Stephen Nomura Schible

2018, USA, JPN, 65', M12


Transmission 2018

27 Nov 2018 · Passos Manuel · 22H00


A concert can be a religious experience, similar to a pilgrimage to a church. This seems evident by the sheer reverence the narrow audience praises to Ryuichi Sakamoto in this concert, one of two which he presented in an intimate setting in New York in 2017. This experience is now transferred to the cinema, another place of worship, by recording this concert, which allows us to share the sublime performance of the Japanese composer in the recreation of his melancholic sound environments. The camera follows Sakamoto as he navigates between various instruments, under a screen that projects images that accompany the music: just witness the enchantment. (João Araújo)