Tchaikovsky Files, The: Confessions Of A Composer
ADAPart documentary, part experimental narrative, The Tchaikovsky Files: Confessions of a Composer brings the Russian musical maverick to the present - radically. Based on Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's diaries and letters, director Ralf Pleger discovers an entirely new side and sketches an entirely different profile of the man whose mind and talent brought us Swan Lake. The film focuses on what it meant for Tchaikovsky, a homosexual man, to have to live his life in a homophob environment - considerations that are all the more relevant and topical in light of recent developments in Putin's Russia.
Reasons to Buy
- This is a highly unusual, speculative journey inside the mind of an important historical gay figure.
- The film is based on Tchaikovsky's diaries and letters. It's incredibly personal and moving.
- Director Ralf Pleger also includes intimate interviews with Vladimir Malahkov, former principal dancer with American Ballet Theatre, and eccentric organist Cameron Carpenter.
Information
- Director: Ralf Pleger
- Length: 52 mins.
- Rating: NR
- Released: Mar 11 2016
- TLA SKU: 1775734
- UPC Code: 880242615183
- Catalog #: DV37114302