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Plot
As directed by Aussie helmer Tim Slade, the documentary 4 constitutes a protracted cinematic meditation on the four seasons. Slade divides his film into four sections: spring, summer, fall and winter. Each section features a soundtrack performance of one of Vivaldi's Four Seasons by a different classical violinist, and carries the viewer to a milieu most aesthetically resonant at that particular time of the year: Tokyo, with its radiant cherry blossoms, for spring; Queensland and Alice Springs for the Australian summer; New York for autumn; and Helsinki, Finland (the land of 24 hour darkness and the magnificent Parade Stretch) for winter. In each section, Slade works beyond the confines of travelogue by interpolating a collage of human interest material into the film. Examples include Australian aboriginals in the 'Down Under' segments and a visit, in the Manhattan segment, with an Australian-raised violinist of Taiwanese extraction who sits in a New York Deli and earns the sobriquet of 'honorary Jew.' ~ Nathan Southern, RoviCast
- Sayaka Shoji
- Niki Vasilakis
- Lin Cho-liang
- Pekka Kuusisto
Credit
Tim Slade - Director, Lindi Harrison - Editor, Susan MacKinnon - Executive Producer, Pieter de Vries - Cinematographer, Joanna Buggy - Producer, Tim Slade - Producer, Antonio Vivaldi - Featured Music| 4 (2004 Film), 3x3 Eyes: Transmigration (2000 Film) | |
| 4 American Composers: John Cage (1983 Film), 4 American Composers: Meredith Monk (1983 Film) |
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4 (2007 film)
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| Directed by | Tim Slade |
| Produced by | Joanna Buggy and Tim Slade |
| Starring | Sayaka Shoji, Niki Vasilakis, Cho-Liang Lin, Pekka Kuusisto |
| Cinematography | Pieter de Vries |
| Editing by | Lindi Harrison |
| Distributed by | Vast Productions |
| Release date(s) | 2007 |
| Running time | 88 minutes |
| Country | Australia |
| Budget | $750,000 |
4 is a 2007 Australian documentary film directed by Tim Slade exploring Antonio Vivaldi's The Four Seasons through the eyes of four violinisists in four countries. Each musician represents a season appropriate to his or her country: Sayaka Shoji plays Spring in Japan, Niki Vasilakis plays Summer in Australia, Cho-Liang Lin plays Autumn in the United States, and Pekka Kuusisto plays Winter in Finland.
The film was nominated for two Australian Film Institute Awards, an International Documentary Association Award, as well as awards at the Banff World Television Festival. It won several awards, including a Gold HUGO in Chicago. It has sold to more than 20 international broadcasters and screened at more than 25 international film festivals.
It screened on NHK in Japan in December 2010, and on PBS stations in the USA in May 2011, and continues to sell via DVD in Australia, New Zealand and the United States, as well as via online sales.
Box Office
4 took $118,270 at the box office in Australia.[1] It grossed back its production budget via theatrical release, broadcast, DVD, CD Soundtrack and ancillary sales.
References
External links
- 4 at the Internet Movie Database
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