SONG TO SONG (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Ryan Gosling (La La Land), Michael Fassbender (Steve Jobs), Rooney Mara (Carol), Natalie Portman (Jackie), Cate Blanchett (Blue Jasmine), Lykke Li (Tommy), Val Kilmer (Top Gun), Bérénice Marlohe (Skyfall), Holly Hunter (The Piano), Tom Sturridge (The Boat That Rocked), Austin Amelio (Everybody Wants Some!!), Linda Emond (Julie& Julia)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Terrence Malick (The Tree of Life), director, writer; Nicolas Gonda (To The Wonder), Sarah Green (Knight of Cups) and Ken Kao (Rampart), producers; Emmanuel Lubezki (The Revenant), cinematographer; Rehman Nizar Ali (Voyage of Time: Life’s Journey), Hank Corwin (The New World) and Keith Fraase (To The Wonder), editors

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Deep within the heart of the Austin, Texas music scene, two couples – struggling lyricists BV (Gosling) and Faye (Mara), and music mogul Cook (Fassbender) and his waitress girlfriend (Portman) – chase their respective dreams of success amidst a rock ’n’ roll landscape of seduction and betrayal…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Terrence Malick is back with yet another experimental project of surreal imagery and philosophical ponderings, which is great for fans of this side of the notoriously-private director but not so much for those that are seriously fed up with this phase of his.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 7TH JULY 2017

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