I love Clair de Lune, such a beautiful piece of music. The best version of it I have come across so far is from the film Tokyo Sonata which I blogged about recently, it’s got an energy I haven’t found anywhere else. Unfortunately You Tube only has a clip of it half way in plus it loses much of the energy, I think, when not viewed within the context of the film, so watch that first if possible then watch this to remind you, or don’t it’s up to you! But still it’s nice. Search you tube for Clair De Lune, there are many versions, I like it best with just the piano, I think, else it gets to cluttered.
I saw this film a few weeks ago at the ICA in London and loved it. Truly brilliant film, even though I was a bit hung over it gripped me. It’s a very interesting portrayal of contemporary family life in Japan. The film is shot in a clinical humorous manner, I think much more like real Japan. Often you see there media and they convey notions of being very extrovert when I think the opposite is actually true outside of this media perception of the place. The country is very nationalistic, repressive and traditional, generally anyway.
I also badly need a copy of that piano piece at the end. Its so enchanting but can’t find it anywhere! From what I can muster the films Score was written for the film aside from Clair de Lune. Seems to be out on DVD mid May, not sure if it’s still being shown anywhere.
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