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Nitin Sawhney has always tackled ambitious themes and collaborations, and this latest venture is a "parable about entrenchment and dogmatism" in contemporary Britain, in which songs and instrumental passages are matched against spoken reflections from John Hurt. Hurt plays an embittered old man who rants about "bloody terrorists and immigrants" but does at least listen to a cassette of songs sent to him by his estranged wife, which gradually changes his attitude to the world. It's an awkward concept that might work better on stage, but Hurt is in fine form and the songs are a reminder of Sawhney's skill as a composer, and of the musical variety of multicultural Britain. It starts with a blues piece about isolation and anger, and ends with the optimistic Taste the Air. Along the way are pop/soul ballads and Indian-influenced pieces featuring sarod-player Soumik Datta and flautist Ashwin Srinivasan.
Rating: 3/5
World musicJohn HurtRobin Denselow
guardian.
Nitin Sawhney has always tackled ambitious themes and collaborations, and this latest venture is a "parable about entrenchment and dogmatism" in contemporary Britain, in which songs and instrumental passages are matched against spoken reflections from John Hurt. Hurt plays an embittered old man who rants about "bloody terrorists and immigrants" but does at least listen to a cassette of songs sent to him by his estranged wife, which gradually changes his attitude to the world. It's an awkward concept that might work better on stage, but Hurt is in fine form and the songs are a reminder of Sawhney's skill as a composer, and of the musical variety of multicultural Britain. It starts with a blues piece about isolation and anger, and ends with the optimistic Taste the Air. Along the way are pop/soul ballads and Indian-influenced pieces featuring sarod-player Soumik Datta and flautist Ashwin Srinivasan.
Rating: 3/5
World musicJohn HurtRobin Denselow
guardian.
- 9/22/2011
- by Robin Denselow
- The Guardian - Film News
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