Watching the movie is like listening to some ultimate annotated Classic Top 40 playlist
Date/Time: Sep 28 2017, 8:45 pm to 10:00 pm
Vancouver, Vancouver Playhouse | Event calendarCost: $15.00
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In 2017, VIFF continues to expand the frame to create multi-experiential streams that include some of the best cinema from around the world fused with related talks and events in a unique Film+ model. VIFF audiences and creators have a chance to discover, discuss and connect more at one of North America's most accessible festivals, in one of the most beautiful cities on the planet.
With more than 300 films from 73 countries, VIFF 2016 audiences were treated to narratives and documentaries that entertained, informed, inspired and left viewers in awe of the filmmaking talent that exists here in Canada and from creators around the world. Look here for a list of
2016 award-winners. We can't wait to see what the 2017 Festival line-up!
Clive Davis: The Soundtrack of Our Lives
M/A/D | Music/Art/Design
What do Janis Joplin, Bruce Springsteen, Aretha Franklin, Barry Manilow, Patti Smith, Whitney Houston, Sean "Puffy" Combs, and Alicia Keys have in common? They all owe a large part of their success to legendary recording exec Clive Davis. A Harvard-trained lawyer with zero experience of the artistic side of the music business, Davis was inexplicably elevated from the legal department to president of Columbia Records in 1967. Famously, the neophyte was persuaded to attend the Monterey Pop music festival (wearing his trademark suit, no less), where Janis Joplin’s incendiary performance blew his mind—he signed her on the spot and has never looked back. Full to the brim with fantastic archival performance footage and insightful interviews with many of his star discoveries (Springsteen, Franklin and Smith among them), Chris Perkel’s riveting, info-packed portrait traces Davis’ remarkable tenure at the top of the music industry, and his brave integrity as a gay man. What a ride it’s been! And, given that he’s still going strong at 85, it’s not over yet…
"Captivating… [The film] celebrates how someone like Davis could work with a freedom that now seems enviable, if not miraculous. Watching the movie is like listening to some ultimate annotated Classic Top 40 playlist… [that] sheds irresistible slivers of light on the mystery of how great pop comes into being… He didn’t draw the pop-vs.-edge distinction that too many fans (and critics) do… Clive Davis was able to listen without prejudice."—Owen Gleiberman, Variety
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