“Call Me by Your Name” filmmaker Luca Guadagnino and “The Revenant” composer Ryuichi Sakamoto have yet to collaborate on a feature-length film together, but a new short film project hints that such a union might not be too far off. For Guadagnino’s latest, the filmmaker tapped the Oscar-winning composer to build a score around a film that’s, well, built around fabric. The short, which was produced in collaboration with Valentino’s creative director Pierpaolo Piccioli and showcases the fashion house’s couture designs, debuted at Cannes last year and is gearing up for an exclusive run on MUBI later this week. Leave it to Sakamoto to find the finesse in all that finery.
Of the soundtrack, Sakamoto told IndieWire, “When approaching the score for ‘The Staggering Girl,’ I wanted to incorporate the tactile sound of Valentino’s fabrics. So I asked them to send me some samples and utilizing special sensitive microphones, I experimented ‘playing’ the fabrics. I love the sound and how it forces one’s attention to a sound all around us, yet almost entirely ignored.”
via IndieWire