Here Is What Is - Daniel Lanois Film

[Esau.]

Got this email about a week ago and forgot to post it...

Damn this looks good.

WWW.DANIELLANOIS.COM

PRESS RELEASE

Contact: Jean-Paul Gauthier (905) 383-4005

DANIEL LANOIS

in association with the Toronto International Film Festival®

is proud to present

The World Premiere of his Debut Feature Length Film:

“HERE IS WHAT ISâ€

September 2007

Toronto International Film Festival®

"The mystery of the recording studio is what keeps me coming back. Many rewards have come to me through this laboratory. It is my temple, my domain, my frustration and my love. But most importantly, it is my place of innovation. The ultimate drug for me is the ever slippery creative process. My greatest joy in this has come from my associations - the creative, musical and lyrical minds that I've been lucky to work with through years of record making. A friend recently suggested that I turn on a camera and try to capture the elusive process. Adam Vollick followed me around the studio to see if we could unveil some of the mystery.â€

Daniel Lanois

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“Here Is What Is†is a sonic, filmic, journey to unique and captivating places from the last year and a half of Lanois’ life. The camera work is classic, uninterrupted and deadly committed. The film opens with a magical performance on the piano by Canada's national treasure, Garth Hudson. The film includes moments of Lanois philosophizing with his old friend Brian Eno during an exotic visit to Morocco, where the Eno Lanois production team has been working with Irish friends, U2. Lanois also travels to the birthplace of the groove - the Deep South, Shreveport, Louisiana and sits in with Brian Blade at the Zion Baptist Church where a roaring rendition of "This May Be The Last Time" is delivered by Brian's father, Brady Blade Sr.

Lanois' psychedelic past continues to haunt him throughout the film as the hyper-realism of the in-studio documentation is contrasted by moments of wild fantasia. The heart dedicated to verite is also hungry for the unknown. Lanois also invites us into his studio to look over his shoulder at a mix being performed live, while he explains his moves and the musical reasons for making them. He explains how he stumbled into being a record producer, naively, through his love of music.

“Here Is What Is†is arguably the best rock-n-roll film of 2007 with guest appearances by Garth Hudson, Brian Blade, Eno, U2, Willie Nelson, Emmylou Harris, Aaron Neville, Billy Bob Thorton and maybe even Sinead O'Connor.

A full festival schedule will be announced on August 28, 2007. For more information on how to purchase tickets please call (416) 968-FILM or 1-877-968-FILM or visit www.tiff07.ca.

Here's the link for the trailer.

http://daniellanois.com/hereiswhatis/

[bouche]

what's the piano bit at the end? I really liked that.

[Kanada Kev]

MMmMMM. This is gonna be good. Thanks for posting this.

I've been lucky to see him a few times. Sends shivers up my spine listening to him in a live setting. His tour with Emmylou Harris was magical. I loved the intimacy of that tiny theatre in Hamilton where he played earlier in the year and had his brother come up and play.

[Esau.]

His brother just played the Casbah lounge recently, think it was a CD (his first I think) release party.

I've seen him a few times as well, although I missed out on the tour with Emmylou, but living in Hamilton has allowed me to catch some sweet performaces, mainly the surprise appearences in Hess village and a free outdoor show years back in Westdale.

I really am looking forward to checking this out, provided I get a ticket. The trailer looks great.

bouche, I'm not sure, but I think it may be the title song (Here is what is).

[Esau.]

what's the piano bit at the end? I really liked that.

After some further checking, I think the end of the trailer is actually the beginning of the film, in which case its a piece played by Garth Hudson. No idea what its called though.

http://thefly.org.uk/2007/07/18/here-is-what-is/

[livingstoned]

I'd like to check this out.

[NewRider]

Thanks for posting this AL Man! Remember the last time we went to the Toronto Film Festival together? "don't you hate it when you get it on your hands?!?!?!"

[Velvet]

Ohhhman. I can't wait to see this film!

[DevO]

This looks phenomenal! Check out the trailers. I don't think the exact date is out yet but the full schedule comes out on the 28th. How much is it to go see a movie at the TIFF??

[DevO]

The full schedule for TIFF is out now.. Here's the 3 times for Here Is What Is:

Sunday September 09 08:00PM WINTERGARDEN THEATRE

Tuesday September 11 03:15PM SCOTIABANK THEATRE 1

Friday September 14 11:15PM VARSITY 3

http://www.tiff07.ca/filmsandschedules/filmdetails.aspx?ID=704201634421344

Edited August 30, 2007 by Guest