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Titolo: Film su Nick Drake

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"A Skin Too Few: the days of Nick Drake"
"I always say that Nick was born with a skin too few", tells actress
Gabrielle about her brother, the English singer-songwriter Nick Drake
(1948-1974). It took twenty posthumous years for his music to gain
recognition and even proclaim him culthero. The documentary 'A Skin Too Few'
approaches the silent landscapes, locations, people and music in the life of
this unorthodox loner in the hope of understanding his state of mind.
Nick Drake is one of rock's most tragically romantic figures. There were
only 26 years between his birth and his death: a time span that for many
would be far too short to develop a talent, or realise an ambition or dream.
His songs captured time, beauty, loss, and wistful desires with precision so
subtle that they evoke a terrifying enchantment in those who hear them for
the first time
One autumn morning in 1974, Nick's parents were unable to wake their son.
Singer-songwriter Nick Drake died silently and unobtrusively. The
significance of the three albums he left the world was only discovered two
decades after his quiet passing.
Producer Joe Boyd whose tracks lead from Pink Floyd's 'Arnold Lane' and
Fairport Convention to REM's 'Fables of the Reconstruction' also couldnšt
prevent that Nick's career only started long after his death. Nowadays the
legend of Nick Drake grows with each passing month. The press fuels the
myth: 'millenium hero' (Mojo), 'the cult hero to end all cult heroes' (The
Times).
A lot of well known musicians treasure his work. Among them are REM,
Radiohead, John Cale, Blur, Everything but the Girl, Beth Orton and former
'the Jam' & 'Style Council' foreman Paul Weller who has a small part in the
documentary. Recently Nick's songs found their way onto film soundtracks
like 'Hideous Kinky' starring Kate Winslet, 'Practical Magic' with Nicole
Kidman and 'TwentFourSeven' with Bob Hoskins. And if that weren't enough,
Nick Drake made his first steps in the world advertising. After a Nike
commercial the new campaign for the Volkswagen Cabrio is also using a Nick
Drake song to set the mood. Afterwards, sales of his album 'Pink Moon' took
a dramatic turn upwards and 26 years after releasing three commercially
disappointing albums it is high up in the US album charts.
This late success is all to bizarre considering Nick Drake's tortured
existence. Except for boarding school and Cambridge University he seldom
left the parental home, and contact with others became a tremendous effort.
His sensitivity was the basis for his talent but at the same time made him
unable to face an audience. Caught in this spiral, he became increasingly
embittered by his lack of success and gradually isolated himself. The
testimonies in 'a Skin Too Few' describe an artist of integrity who
symbolises the destructive effect of loneliness.
directed by - Jeroen Berkvens photography - Vladas Naudzius sound - Eddy de
Cloe
editing - Stefan Kamp audio postproduction - Michel Schöpping
executive producer - JB Macrander for Humanist Broadcasting Foundation
supported by Dutch Cultural Broadcasting and Promotion Fund & Thuiskopiefund
48 minutes, 35mm, stereo, English language, no voice-over
sales contact: LuijtenMacrander Productions
Entrepodok 84, 1018 AD Amsterdam, 31 (0)20 4226757, 
luijtenm...@nbf.nl
Š Humanist Broadcasting Foundation / LuijtenMacrander Productions 2000

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