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Neo Sora on Ryuichi Sakamoto | Opus, the Logistics of Recording Live Music, and Sakamoto’s Relationship with Cinema

on October 14, 2023 in NYFF, Q&A

Neo Sora. Photograph by Mettie Ostrowski.
Laurie Anderson and Neo Sora. Photograph by Mettie Ostrowski.
Photograph by Mettie Ostrowski.
Neo Sora. Photograph by Mettie Ostrowski.
Laurie Anderson. Photograph by Mettie Ostrowski.
Photograph by Mettie Ostrowski.
Photograph by Mettie Ostrowski.
Neo Sora and Dennis Lim. Photograph by Mettie Ostrowski.
Neo Sora and Dennis Lim. Photograph by Mettie Ostrowski.
Neo Sora. Photograph by Mettie Ostrowski.
Neo Sora and Dennis Lim. Photograph by Mettie Ostrowski.
Photograph by Mettie Ostrowski.
Neo Sora and Dennis Lim. Photograph by Mettie Ostrowski.

On today’s daily NYFF61 podcast, director Neo Sora discusses Ryuichi Sakamoto | Opus, a Spotlight selection in this year’s festival, with NYFF Artistic Director Dennis Lim.

As a final gift to Ryuichi Sakamoto’s legions of fans, filmmaker Sora (Sakamoto’s son) has constructed a gorgeous elegy starring Sakamoto himself in one of his final performances, an intimate, melancholy, and achingly beautiful one-man show recorded in late 2022 at NHK Studio in Tokyo. A Janus Films release.

Listen to the Q&A with Sora as he discusses the personal nature of the film, the logistics of recording live music, and Sakamoto’s relationship with cinema. Don’t forget to subscribe here for more filmmaker conversations.