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Oscar
201612 min 8 secFilm: Animation
Direction: Marie-Josée Saint-Pierre
Production: Julie Roy (National Film Board of Canada)Marc Bertrand (National Film Board of Canada)Jocelyne Perrier (MJSTP Films Inc.)Marie-Josée Saint-Pierre (MJSTP Films Inc.)
Produced by MJSTP Films in co-production with the National Film Board of Canada with the financial support of the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec and Société de développements des entreprises culturelles - Québec, and with the collaboration of Télé-Québec.
Brilliantly mixing animated sequences and archival footage, Marie-Josée Saint-Pierre paints a touching portrait of virtuoso pianist Oscar Peterson.
As with her previous films (McLaren’s Negative and Jutra), Saint-Pierre pursues her bold and personal approach with this animated documentary of Oscar Peterson at the twilight of an exceptional career, as he wistfully meditates on the price of fame and the impacts of the artist’s life on family life.
From the young prodigy’s beginnings in Little Burgundy to his triumphs on the international stage alongside the biggest stars of his time, Oscar explores the profound solitude of an artist constantly on tour, and the difficulty in reconciling his professional success with his role as husband and father. Set to the tunes of Peterson’s sometimes catchy, sometimes melancholy-tinged compositions, the film alternates between animated sequences and footage of radio and video interviews to tell a heartfelt story about a life in jazz.
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Subject categories
- Music > Jazz and BluesPortraits
Credits
- director
- Marie-Josée Saint-Pierre
- animation
- Ehsan Gharib
- Brigitte Archambault
- compositing
- Ehsan Gharib
- drawings
- Brigitte Archambault
- editing
- Oana Suteu Khintirian
- copyright clearance
- Sylvia Mezei
- sound design
- Olivier Calvert
- additional voice
- Mark Camacho
- voice direction
- François Godin
- foley
- Lise Wedlock
- recording
- Geoffrey Mitchell
- sound mix
- Serge Boivin
- technical director
- Pierre Plouffe
- production coordinator
- Michèle Labelle
- technical coordinator
- Daniel Lord
- online editing
- Serge Verreault
- administrator
- Diane Régimbald
- administrative team
- Diane Ayotte
- Karine Desmeules
- accounting
- Benoit Gauthier
- legal advisor
- Lussier & Khouzam
- executive producer
- Julie Roy
- producer
- Marc Bertrand
- Jocelyne Perrier
- Marie-Josée Saint-Pierre