lifestyle THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

Music & Movies Fall Movie Preview Spielberg plunges into the Cold War

he nearly three year wait since Steven Spielberg’s last movie goes the way of the Western. It doesn’t mean there movie (2012’s “Lincoln”) comes to an end this October won’t be another occasion where the Western comes back and Twith the spy thriller “Bridge of Spies.” Good news for the superhero movie someday returns. Of course, right now moviegoers: There won’t be another gap like that for a while. the superhero movie is alive and thriving. I’m only saying that Having just locked “Bridge of Spies,” Spielberg is already editing these cycles have a finite time in popular culture. There will his next film, Roald Dahl’s “The BFG,” and is in pre-production come a day when the mythological stories are supplanted by on “Ready Player One,” a sci-fi adventure from Ernest Cline’s some other genre that possibly some young filmmaker is just best-seller. It’s a pace that Spielberg, 68, says he plans to con- thinking about discovering for all of us. tinue. “I’m doing a long stretch of directing over the next several AP: Were you surprised by the success of “Jurassic World,” years,” Spielberg says. “We put our last child into college. on which you were an executive producer? Number seven went to college last week and (wife Kate Spielberg: I’m back in the dinosaur business, it appears. We Capshaw) and I are enjoying the empty nest. It gives her a promised them more teeth and they rewarded us for it. I would chance to get more involved with her art - she’s a wonderful have been ecstatic if we had done what the town was expect- painter - and it gives me a chance to direct movies back to ing, which was a $100 million three-day weekend. That would back now.” “Bridge of Spies,” due out Oct. 16, is a new chapter in have just made my whole year. But the fact that it did over history for Spielberg and one he knows personally: the Cold twice what the prognosticators were predicting, it just blew War. Tom Hanks stars as James Donovan, a lawyer the CIA me away. recruited to rescue a spy pilot downed in the Soviet Union. In a recent interview while taking a break from editing “The In this image released by DreamWorks II Distribution Co, Filmmaker Steven Spielberg poses at the Museum of AP: “Bridge of Spies” is the first film in years you’ve made BFG,” the director spoke about making the true-life tale, the Tom Hanks portrays Brooklyn lawyer James Donovan in a Natural History before the Ambassadors For Humanity wXithout John Williams composing the score. unexpected success of “Jurassic World” and his distaste for scene from the Steven Spielberg film, ‘Bridge of Spies.’ Gala in New York. — AP photos Spielberg: Johnny Williams will be back to do “The BFG.” We’ve superhero movies. only not worked together twice in 42 years. The first one was white flash and being atomized. I was very, very aware of what war-crime trials who was called upon to defend an alleged “The Color Purple” in 1985 and the second time was because a tentative and insecure time it was, especially for young peo- Soviet spy, and the kind of charged atmosphere he was willing AP: What attracted you to “Bridge of Spies”? Johnny had a small medical procedure that precluded him ple. It’s something that made a big impression on me as a kid. to endure to see justice served. It’s a story about a very right- Spielberg: I’ve always wanted to make a spy movie. This is not from writing and scoring my movie in the window that he was We were shown instructional 16mm films of what to do in the eous, principled individual - and for Tom Hanks, it’s right up his James Bond. Only James Bond can be James Bond. I’ve always going to do it. He’s fine, he’s 100 percent back to work on “Star event of the air raid sirens going off or seeing the flash and alley. been fascinated with the entertainment value of the James ducking and covering under your desk and holding, hopefully, Wars,” but it sadly precluded him from working on “Bridge of Bond spy series of movies, as well as the serious John le Carre Spies.” I was able to work with Thomas Newman, who I’m a a very large book over your head. AP: This is your fourth film with him. spy novels, especially the Martin Ritt movie “The Spy Who huge fan of. This is just a blip and we’re both sad about it, but Spielberg: Every collaboration is better than the one before. Came in From the Cold.” Also spy pictures like “The Quiller we’re excited to get back together for “BFG” now. — AP AP: Do you see a connection between that time and today? We’re having a great time together. Memorandum” and “The Ipcress File,” and “Torn Curtain” by Spielberg: There’s so much relevance between the late ‘50s Hitchcock in the ‘60s. and today. We fly drones today; they flew U2 spy planes over AP: You caused a stir two years ago when you predicted Soviet Russia in the ‘50s. Our story is also about the shooting Hollywood was headed toward an “implosion” because of AP: Were you interested in making a film set during the down of Gary Powers’ U2 and the apprehension of a Soviet spy the over-abundance of mega-budget movies. Do you still Cold War? working in this country for over a decade: Rudolph Abel. And feel that way? Spielberg: I lived through the Cold War and I was very aware the negotiator - a fish-out-of-water - an insurance attorney Spielberg: I do. I still feel that way. We were around when the of the possibility of walking down the street and seeing a who used to be the associate prosecutor at the Nuremberg Western died and there will be a time when the superhero Teen aims to revive Quechua, one song at a time

enata Flores Rivera has teenage cuteness, a Bob Marley, phonetically,” she said. velvety voice and a mission: to revive the Around 3.6 million of Peru’s 30 million people She translated “The Way You Make Me Feel” with RQuechua language with songs like speak Quechua, particularly in the highlands. the help of her 72-year-old grandmother, Ada. She is “Chaynatam ruwanki cuyanaita”-better known as Another 4.4 million people speak it in Ecuador, working on another song that will feature the tradi- “The Way You Make Me Feel.” Flores, a 14-year-old Bolivia, Argentina, Colombia and Brazil. In Peru, it is tional Andean music known as huayno. “I want from the Peruvian highlands, has racked up more an official language, alongside Spanish. But experts than a million views since posting her cover of the have been warning for years that social stigma could Michael Jackson hit on YouTube on July 27. eventually endanger its survival. “For young people, The sleek video features the almond-eyed high Quechua is synonymous with backwardness and Renata Flores Rivera schooler, sporting a jean jacket, a schoolgirl skirt and poverty, because the colonial mentality of discrimi- a Peruvian hat with earflaps, performing the song nation, contempt and racism still persists in Peru,” against the backdrop of the ruins of Vilcashuaman, said Elena Burga, the head of an education ministry an ancient Incan administrative center. She made program to promote bilingual education. Singer Ruby Amanfu appears during an interview in the video as part of a campaign called “Young peo- She said more funding is needed to protect and Nashville, Tenn. — AP ple speak Quechua too,” which aims to combat per- promote the language. The campaign that Flores ceptions of the indigenous language as unhip and sings for was launched by her mother, Patricia Known for her backwards. Rivera, a 41-year-old music teacher. “This project Quechua, the language of the Incas, has faced came about because we realized our children were such stigmatization since Spanish conquistadors no longer speaking our language,” said Rivera. “We duets, Amanfu steps colonized Peru in the 16th century. “I sing in older people speak nicely. We tell jokes that sound Quechua as a voice of warning, because the lan- funnier in Quechua than in Spanish and our children young people to not just identify with the melodies guage is being lost. Children and young people are weren’t enjoying it as much.” but with their roots,” said Jorge Flores, one of the into solo spotlight ashamed to speak it. They think only poor people She called Quechua a language that “sounds musicians in the garage band that accompanies her. in the Andes mountains speak it,” said Flores, who lovely, a language to woo your lover.” Others work- They will give a concert on September 11 in uby Amanfu knows how to share the stage, but during a lives in Huamanga, the capital of the Ayacucho ing to boost the language include hard rock band Huamanga featuring Quechua covers of songs by recent dinner party in Nashville, Tennessee, she was the region in southern Peru. “We did this in Quechua so Uchpa and language teacher Demetrio Tupac Bob Marley, Alicia Keys and of course the King of Rstar of the stage and the kitchen as she prepared a meal the world sees that we have an identity and that Yupanqui, who has translated Cervantes’s “Don Pop. Their cover of “The Way You Make Me Feel” can featuring peanut butter soup and fried plantains, then stood we’re proud of our culture, that we’re not at all Quixote” into Quechua (“Yachay sapa wiraqucha dun be viewed at www.youtube.com/watch?v= in her bare feet in the living room and belted out a heartbreak ashamed of our culture or the Quechua language,” Qvixote Manchamantan”). Flores admits she is not BvT9y0HqItE.—AFP song. Born in Ghana but raised in Music City, the soulful singer she told AFP. fully fluent in the language, which she is “learning won critical acclaim for her acoustical duo with Sam Booker called Sam & Ruby. She caught the attention of rocker , who enlisted her into his band for his solo album “Blunderbuss.” Last fall Amanfu sang with on his North American tour. David Bowie pens music for SpongeBob Now she’s reintroducing herself as a solo artist with her new album of mostly deep-cut cover songs. “Standing Still” avid Bowie, known for the intel- cess for Nickelodeon, the children-ori- November at the New York Theatre features her interpretations of songs by , Brandi lectual bent of his music, is ented US television network owned by Workshop. “Lazarus” is based on the Carlile and , among others. “This was very new for Dpenning music for what will Viacom. “SpongeBob SquarePants” has cult classic science fiction novel “The me,” Amanfu said. “It’s been a long time since I have stepped likely be lighter fare-a musical based won a wide following as well among Man Who Fell to Earth,” about an alien out and taken center stage.” She tried the solo route as a on cartoon character SpongeBob. adults, with US President Barack who arrives in search of water and singer and songwriter, but has found the most success work- Chicago’s Oriental Theatre announced Obama a professed fan, although con- becomes enamored of alcohol and tel- ing with other singers and musicians. She found inspiration to that the English rock icon and artist is servative Christian activists have evision. sing solo again when she performed Dylan’s “” leading an array of top musicians in attacked the show for an alleged gay Bowie starred in the 1976 film ver- during a benefit concert in 2013. composing the score for “SpongeBob subtext. sion of “The Man Who Fell to Earth” but Amanfu recorded “Standing Still” over five days in a log The Musical” which will premiere there “SpongeBob The Musical” is the did not write the music amid contrac- cabin in rural Leiper’s Fork, about 30 miles southwest of on June 7 next year. second current stage project by the tual disputes. Bowie, a pioneer of glam Nashville. She slows down Kanye’s percussive “Street Lights” to Other musicians who will con- 68-year-old Bowie, who had kept quiet rock, has probed the nature of the uni- a jazzy melody with guitars and pianos and adds a choir to tribute material include The Flaming for a decade before returning to the verse on works such as “Space Oddity” “One by One,” a song originally recorded by Wilco and Billy Lips and They Might Be Giants, two US scene with his 2013 album “The Next and “Life on Mars?” A trained actor, Bragg. “I think that’s the thing about doing covers,” she said. “If bands with similarly eclectic interests, Day.” Bowie also wrote the music for Bowie won acclaim for his portrayal on you do a song by somebody that has already made it famous, as well as 1980s pop superstar Cyndi “Lazarus,” which premieres in Broadway in 1980-81 of the severely nobody can really hear your version without thinking of the Lauper, members of hard rock legends deformed Englishman Joseph Merrick other.” Aerosmith and singer-songwriter John in “The Elephant Man.” Bowie is not of , a guest producer on the Legend. The musical adapts the ani- expected to act in either “SpongeBob album, said it’s a platform for Amanfu to start fresh. “She has mated series “SpongeBob the Musical,” whose cast was not an incredible voice, even in Nashville where everyone is a SquarePants,” in which the title charac- immediately announced, or “Lazarus,” singer,” Carney said. “It’s really hard to stand out. I think that ter-a talking human-like sponge- which will star Michael C Hall, known was part of the appeal of taking those songs and doing some- explores an underwater city called for the title role on the television series thing completely unexpected.” Amanfu also hopes fans of her Bikini Bottom. “Dexter.” — AFP collaborative work will stick with her as she goes it alone. “I am The musical will run for one month excited for the support that I already have from the fans who in Chicago before an expected move ‘Game of Thrones,’ have been with me in those other forms and I hope they are to Broadway in New York, the Oriental British musician David Bowie arriv- proud of what I have to give now,” she said. “Because I feel that Theatre said in its show announce- ing for the 17th Annual Glamour learning so much from all of those partnerships has made me ment. Since its debut in 1999, the tele- Women of the Year awards at Swift, PewDiePie among stronger as an individual artist.”— AP vision series has been a massive suc- Carnegie Hall in New York. — AFP new record breakers BO’s “Game of Thrones,” YouTube star PewDiePie and music sensation Taylor Swift all have new titles to add BFI London Film Festival unveils lineup for 59th edition Hto their resumes: They’re all on the latest list of etflix’s “Beasts of No Nation” is set to contin- previously announced include UK premieres of two European premiere of Rob Letterman’s Guinness record holders. In an attempt to fight against TV ue its festivals run with a slot in the official Cate Blanchett titles, Todd Haynes’ “Carol” and James “Goosebumps.” piracy, “Game of Thrones” broadcast the first episode of its Ncompetition section of the BFI London Film Vanderbilt’s “Truth.” Blanchett is to receive the BFI Following bows in Venice and Toronto “Beasts of fifth season to a staggering 173 countries simultaneously- Festival, which runs Oct 7-18. The full program for Fellowship during the festival’s awards ceremony on No Nation,” from “True Detective” director Cary resulting in the fantasy series breaking the record for largest the 59th edition of the LFF was revealed yesterday Oct 17. The festival will screen 238 features, includ- Fukunaga, will compete in the festival’s 12-film offi- TV drama simulcast. This beat out the number “CSI” set five by festival director Clare Stewart, and will include ing 16 world premieres, eight international pre- cial competition section line-up, which come from a weeks earlier by two countries. the European premieres of Jay Roach’s “Trumbo,” mieres, 40 European premieres and 11 archive films. range of nationalities. The line-up, which recognises Taylor Swift hauled in the award for most million-selling John Crowley’s “Brooklyn” and Nicholas Hytner’s inspiring, incentive and distinctive filmmaking, fea- weeks on US albums charts. As the only act to hold three mil- “The Lady in the Van” as sponsor gala screenings. International premiere tures European premieres for Jonas Cuaron’s lion-selling weeks, Swift star nabbed the record with first- Ben Wheatley’s “High-Rise” and Scott Cooper’s “Black The event will once again be split into nine pro- “Desierto,” Mir-Jean Bou Chaaya’s “Very Big Shot” week sales of her albums “Speak Now,” “Red” and “1989.” With Mass” were also announced to receive sponsor gram strands, titled Love, Debate, Dare, Laugh, Thrill, and Johnnie To’s “Office.” Also in competition are the help of his 36 million “bros,” PewDiePie earned the title of galas, while the festival will see special presenta- Cult, Journey, Sonic and Family, each with their own Jerzy Skolimowski’s “11 Minutes,” Apichatpong most subscribers on YouTube. In fact, the gaming star has tions of Guy Maddin and Evan Johnson’s “The gala. These are Luca Guadadnino’s “A Bigger Splash,” Weerasethakul’s “Cemetery of Splendour,” Athina more subscribers on that platform than Swift and One Forbidden Room” and the European premiere of Stephen Frears’ Lance Armstrong biopic “The Rachel Tsangari’s “Chevalier,” Simon Stone’s “The Direction combined. Other record holders include “The Voice,” Davis Guggenheim’s documentary “He Named Me Program,” Yorgos Lathimos’ “The Lobster,” the Daughter,” Lucile Hadzihalilovic’s “Evolution,” Lenny which now holds the record for most tweeted-about TV series Malala.” European premiere of Ondi Timoner’s documentary Abrahamson’s “Room,” Laszlo Nemes’ “Son of Saul,” in one minute after achieving 310,000 tweets across the US in British Director Louis Theroux As previously announced, the festival will open “Brand: A Second Coming,” the international pre- Terence Davies’ “Sunset Song” and Sean Baker’s 60 seconds, and Dr Dre, whose estimated pre-tax earning of poses for photographers at the and close with the European premieres of Sarah miere of Deepa Mehta’s “Beeba Boys,” the interna- “Tangerine.”—Reuters $620 million garnered him the title of highest earning ever for 59th BFI London Film Festival Gavron’s “Suffragette” and Danny Boyle’s “Steve tional premiere of S Craig Zahler’s “Bone Tomahawk,” a musician. — Reuters launch at a central London ven- Jobs,” respectively. Anthony Asquith’s 1928 silent Hou Hsiao-Hsien’s “The Assassin,” the European pre- ue, London yesterday. — AP film “Shooting Stars” is the Archive Gala. Other galas miere of Hany Abu-Assad’s “The Idol” and the