21º Mostra Internacional de Cinema
THE MUSIC GARDEN
(Yo-Yo Ma, Inspired by Bach)

Canada

O Jardim MusicalThe Music Garden, by Kevin McMahon opens a series of six intriguing episodes in the Canadian series Yo-Yo Ma Inspired by Bach.The film follows along with the endeavors of Franco-Chinese-American virtuoso cellist and of landscape artist Julie Moir Messervy to devise a great garden based on ‘Suite Number 1 for Cello Solo’.Optimism on the part of both comes up against the red tape of financial politicians and agents. Finally, the dream becomes a reality with Yo-Yo Ma performing to a background of images created in special effects.

     Director

DIRECTOR: Kevin McMahon
CINEMATOGRAPHER: Mark Willis
EDITION: Michael McMahon
PRODUCER: Daniel Iron
FESTIVALS: Veneza
PRODUCTION: Rhombus Media Inc. 489 King Street West Ontario M5V1L3 Tel: 001 416 971 7856 Fax: 001 416 971 9647
WORLD SALES: Rhombus Media Inc. 489 King Street West Ontario M5V1L3 Tel: 001 416 971 7856 Fax: 001 416 971 9647
ORIGINAL TITLE: The Music Garden
  Col., 60 min., 1997



Kevin McMahon is a Canadian filmmaker, writer, and journalist. His films before this one were In the Reign Of Twilight and The Fall. Today he is preparing Intelligence, a feature on the tyranny of rationality.