May 29, 2017
Actor Willem Dafoe is lending his voice
as a narrator to documentary "Mountain", which "explores the troubled
and triumphant history of our timeless fascination with mountains".
The film from director Jennifer Peedom and British writer Robert
Macfarlane (author of "Mountains of the Mind") has been in the Cannes
film market and will be released in cinemas in Australia on September
21 by Madman Entertainment.
"I was looking for a very particular voice to carry this film," said
Peedom, reports hollywoodreporter.com.
"Given the nature of the collaboration, the voice itself needed to be
an instrument in order to carry the poetry of Robert Macfarlane's words
and to hold up alongside the powerful score curated by Richard
Tognetti. But it also needed to feel authentic. Willem Dafoe brought
both those things to the film."
The Australian Chamber Orchestra (ACO) will next month present the
world premiere in a special event dubbed "Mountain Live", a cinematic
and musical collaboration that will feature the ACO performing live
onstage alongside a screening of the film.
The June 12 event will take place at the Sydney Opera House as part of
the Sydney Film Festival. The ACO will then tour "Mountain Live"
throughout Australia in August.
ACO artistic director Tognetti worked with Peedom to curate a
soundscape that "mirrors the serenity, magnitude and terror of the
landscapes featured in the film".