Infobox film name Gattaca image Gataca Movie Poster B.jpg image size 215px alt caption Theatrical release ... Film US language English budget 36 million gross 12,532,777 Gattaca is a 1997 science fiction film written ... the idea of destiny and the ways in which it can and does govern lives. Characters in Gattaca ... credits, the letters G, A, T, and C are all highlighted. The name Gattaca itself is the name of the fictional ... it with Jerome s daily. Vincent gets accepted into Gattaca, with a DNA test being the entire interview process. With Jerome s genetic profile Vincent gains access to the Gattaca Aerospace Corporation, the most prestigious space flight conglomerate. He becomes Gattaca s top celestial navigator ... on the one year mission, one of Gattaca s managing directors is found bludgeoned to death ... , Irene is resigned to her less favorable treatment within Gattaca due to her high probability of heart ... Dean . Anton accuses Vincent of fraud and asserts that Vincent is unworthy of his place at Gattaca ... the Gattaca complex to the launch site, he is stopped for an unexpected last urine test. Vincent has ... Vincent s initial interview at Gattaca , indifferently acknowledges Vincent by his real identity ... Civic Center The exteriors including the roof scene , and some of the interior shots, of the Gattaca ... represent modern architecture of the 1950s. Release Gattaca was released in theaters on October 24 ... production budget of 36 million. ref name thenumbers Home media Gattaca was released on DVD on July 1, 1998. ref cite web url http www.amazon.com dp 0767805712 title Amazon.com Gattaca 1997 publisher ... Gattaca Special Edition publisher Amazon.com accessdate April 23, 2011 ref ref cite web url http www.amazon.com dp B000HEVZ6W title Amazon.com Gattaca Blu ray publisher Amazon.com accessdate April 23 ... reception Gattaca has received very positive reviews from critics. The film received a fresh rating .... ref name reelviews Despite critical acclaim, Gattaca was not a box office success but it is said ... more details
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Summary Alternative promotional poster for the film Gattaca . Licensing Non free poster Fair use in Gattaca Though this image is subject to copyright, its use is covered by the U.S. fair use laws because It s a low resolution copy of a Film Poster VHS or DVD Cover. It doesn t limit the copyright owner s rights to sell the film in any way, in fact, it may encourage sales. Because of the low resolution, copies could not be used to make illegal copies of the artwork image. The image is itself a subject of discussion in the article or used in the infobox thereof. The image is significant because it was used to promote a notable film. Source Derived from a digital capture photo scan of the Film Poster VHS or DVD Cover creator of this digital version is irrelevant as the copyright in all equivalent images is still held by the same party . Copyright held by the film company or the artist. Claimed as fair use regardless. Category Film poster images Gattaca ... more details
Gataka may refer to A spelling variation for Gatka , the martial art of the Sikhs . Gataka , the scene name of the Israel i DJ Matan Kadosh, also famous for participating in psytrance trio Sesto Sento . See also Gattaca Gatka disambiguation disambig ... more details
1997 Sitges Catalonian International Film Festival Best Film for Gattaca 1998 G rardmer Film Festival Fun Trophy for Gattaca Special Jury Prize for Gattaca 1999 Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy ... of the Year The Truman Show and Gattaca 1999 Online Film Critics Society Awards OFCS Award for Best Original Screenplay The Truman Show Nominations 1998 Paris Film Festival Grand Prix Award for Gattaca ... more details
Infobox Book name Citizen Cyborg image Image Citizencyborg.jpg 200px pub date October 31, 2004 author James Hughes sociologist James Hughes publisher Westview Press hardcover br Basic Books paperback pages 294 hardcover br 320 paperback isbn 0813341981 dewey congress oclc 56632213 preceded by followed by Citizen Cyborg Why Democratic Societies Must Respond to the Redesigned Human of the Future is a 2004 non fiction book by bioethicist and sociologist James Hughes sociologist James Hughes , which articulates democratic transhumanism as a socio political ideology and program. ref name Hughes 2004 cite book author James Hughes sociologist Hughes, James title Citizen Cyborg Why Democratic Societies Must Respond to the Redesigned Human of the Future publisher Westview Press year 2004 isbn 0 8133 4198 1 ref The editors of the popular science magazine Scientific American recommended Citizen Cyborg in their April 2005 issue. ref name Brian 2005 cite paper author Hall, Brian K. title Evo Devo is the New Buzzword For the 200 year old search for links between embryos and evolution date 2005 url http www.morethanhuman.org reviews sciam.pdf accessdate 2007 03 06 ref References div class references small references div See also Bioconservatism Democratic transhumanism Transhumanism Genetic divide Gattaca argument Gattaca argument Gattaca Gattaca critical reception Libertarian transhumanism External links Google Books http books.google.com books?id QB5P20Ro9gC Citizen Cyborg http ieet.org index.php IEET citcyb Citizen Cyborg References and Resources by Chapter Reviews http ieet.org cybdem reviews.htm Citizen Cyborg Reviews Forman, Frank. http www.jetpress.org volume14 forman.html Transhumanism s Vital Center . Journal of Evolution and Technology April 2005 . Retrieved on 2011 07 07 Cory Doctorow Doctorow, Cory . http www.boingboing.net 2005 04 11 humanist transhumani.html Humanist transhumanism Citizen Cyborg . Boing Boing 11 April 2005 . Retrieved on 2011 07 07 Ford, Alyssa. http ... more details
Gail Lyon is a film producer since 1997. Filmography Gattaca 1997 Erin Brokovich 2000 Stewart Little 2 2002 Win a Date With Tad Hamilton 2004 Stick It 2006 Edge of Darkness 2010 External links http www.imdb.com name nm0528930 Gail Lyon at the Internet Movie Database http www.hollywood.com celebrity Gail Lyon 1115099 Gail Lyon at Hollywood.com Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Lyon, Gail ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Lyon, Gail Category American film producers Category Living people US film producer stub ... more details
The Eighth Day may refer to The Eighth Day film The Eighth Day film , a 1996 film by Jaco Van Dormael Gattaca , a 1997 film by Andrew Niccol, which had the working title The Eighth Day The Eighth Day novel The Eighth Day novel a 1967 novel by Thornton Wilder , awarded the National Book Award 8th Day , an r&b band popular in the 1970s The Eighth Day book The Eighth Day book , a book by Euler Renato Westphal about bioethics The 8th Day , an album by Random The eighth day Christian , meaning Sunday. To early Christians the spiritual eighth day of the week as well as the temporal first day, as it symbolised the new world created after Christ s resurrection. Eighth Day Books , bookstore in Wichita, Kansas disambig ... more details
Infobox Album See Wikipedia WikiProject Albums Name Concertos Type studio Longtype Artist Michael Nyman Cover Nymanconcertos.jpg Cover size 200 Caption photo by Jeff Koudelka Released October 13, 1997 UK br November 4, 1997 USA Recorded Genre Contemporary classical music Contemporary classical , Concerto Length 70 42 Language Label EMI Director Producer Reviews Compiler Chronology Last album Enemy Zero br 1996 This album Concertos br 1997 Next album Gattaca Soundtrack Gattaca br 1997 Misc Concertos is the 31st album by Michael Nyman , released in 1997 in music 1997 featuring three concerti commissioned from Nyman, the Mazda sponsored Double Concerto for Saxophone and Cello , featuring John Harle and Julian Lloyd Webber , the Harpsichord Concerto for Elisabeth Chojnacka , and the Concerto for Trombone and Orchestra for Christian Lindberg . The album was intended as the first in a series of Nyman recordings, as it reads NYMAN EDITION No1 Concertos no space in No1 reflects album cover on the EMI label, but Nyman s only other release on EMI until The Actors in 2003 , The Suit and the Photograph does not have such designation. The album debuted when completely clear jewel case s were just coming in, and the inside back cover is colored solid red, with the series designation in the left area that was previously hidden by the tray. The Suit and the Photograph , however, was packaged in a standard grey black tray. Said Nyman of EMI, I didn t excite them, and they didn t excite me. ref Michael Church. Michael Nyman Piano, solo The Independent . Thursday, 28 September 2006. http www.independent.co.uk arts entertainment music features michael nyman piano solo 417877.html ref Michael Nyman References reflist classical album stub Category 1997 albums ... more details
Infobox person image imagesize name Jan Roelfs birth date birth year and age 1957 birth place death date death place othername occupation Production designer yearsactive Jan Roelfs born 1957 in Amsterdam is a production designer of Dutch descent. Roelfs was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Art Direction twice for the 1992 film Orlando film Orlando and for the 1998 film Gattaca . He shared the Orlando nomination with fellow production designer Ben Van Os and the Gattaca nomination with set decorator Nancy Nye. ref cite web url http awardsdatabase.oscars.org title Academy Awards Database publisher Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences accessdate nowrap August 24 , 2011 ref Roelfs also worked as an art director in the 1980s and the 1990s. Filmography col begin col 2 Het bittere kruid 1985 art director In de schaduw van de overwinning 1986 production designer A Zed & Two Noughts 1986 production designer Havinck 1987 art director Drowning by Numbers 1988 production designer Shadow Man 1988 film Shadowman 1988 art director The Cook the Thief His Wife & Her Lover 1989 production designer Laura Ley 1989 art director Leedvermaak 1989 art director Sailors Don t Cry 1990 art director Eline Vere 1991 art director, production designer Prospero s Books 1991 production designer Orlando film Orlando 1992 production designer Dark Blood 1993 production designer The Baby of M con 1993 production designer 1000 Rosen 1994 art director, production designer col 2 Little Women 1994 film Little Women 1994 production designer The Grotesque film Gentlemen Don t Eat Poets 1995 production designer The Juror 1996 production designer Gattaca 1997 production designer The Astronaut s Wife 1999 production designer Flawless 1999 film Flawless 1999 production designer Bad Company 2002 film Bad Company 2002 production designer S1m0ne 2002 production designer Alexander film Alexander 2004 production designer World Trade Center film World Trade Center 2006 production designer The Hunting Par ... more details
BLP sources date April 2011 Infobox person image caption name Una Damon birth date birth place South Korea Una Damon born Una Kim is an actress . She was born in South Korea and lives in the United States . Her film credits include Gattaca , The Truman Show , Deep Impact film Deep Impact , Deep Rising and Spider Man film Spider Man . Damon has acted in numerous television shows including Curb Your Enthusiasm , Charmed , Chicago Hope , and The Closer . In 2006, she directed and starred in a short film which she also wrote and produced called Sixth Street Bridge film Sixth Street Bridge . External links IMDb name id 0198949 name Una Damon Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Damon, Una ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH South Korea DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Damon, Una Category American film actors Category American television actors Category Living people Category Year of birth missing living people Category South Korean emigrants to the United States Korea actor stub ... more details
film The Ogre Becoming Jerome God s Hands 02 58 from Gattaca The Morrow 03 11 from Gattaca The Other Side 03 41 from Gattaca The Departure 03 49 from Gattaca Convening The Coven 04 05 from Practical ... more details
BLP sources date August 2009 Willard Gaylin is an American psychiatrist and bioethicist . Along with Daniel Callahan , Gaylin founded The Hastings Center in 1969. He has served as a professor of psychiatry at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons Columbia Medical School , a professor of psychiatry and law at Columbia Law School , and an adjunct professor at Union Theological Seminary. ref http www.thehastingscenter.org About Board Detail.aspx?id 1262 Profile at The Hastings Center ref Gaylin received his B.A. from Harvard College and his M.D. from Case Western Reserve University . Gaylin was a featured panelist in the 10 part series Ethics In America from 1987. Willard Gaylin s work is also featured in the film Gattaca during the opening credits. He is quoted I not only think that we will tamper with Mother Nature, I think Mother wants us to. References Reflist External links http www.thehastingscenter.org About Board Detail.aspx?id 1262 Profile at The Hastings Center http www.nytimes.com 1987 03 29 magazine rx try a little romance.html Try A Little Romance Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Gaylin, Willard ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Gaylin, Willard Category Bioethicists Category Living people Category Harvard University alumni Category Hastings Center Fellows ... more details
Infobox Album See Wikipedia WikiProject Albums Name The Piano Sings Type studio Longtype Artist Michael Nyman Cover Pianosings.jpg Cover size 200 Caption photograph by Michael Nyman br design by Russell Mills artist Russell Mills and Michael Webster Released May 2, 2005 UK br September 29, 2008 USA Recorded February 12 14, 2005 Genre Chamber music , contemporary classical , minimalist music minimalism , film music Length 49 39 Language Label MN Records Director Producer Declan Colgan Compiler Chronology Last album Man and Boy Dada br 2005 This album The Piano Sings br 2005 Next album The Libertine 2005 film The Libertine br 2005 Misc Album ratings rev1 Music from the Movies rev1score Rating 4 4 ref http www.musicfromthemovies.com review.asp?ID 5271 Music from the Movies review ref Automatically generated by DASHBot The Piano Sings is a 2005 solo album by Michael Nyman featuring personal interpretations of film music he wrote between 1993 and 2003. It is his second release on his own label, MN Records , and his 49th release overall. The album was released alongside a concert tour. ref Michael Church. Michael Nyman Piano, solo The Independent . Thursday, 28 September 2006. http www.independent.co.uk arts entertainment music features michael nyman piano solo 417877.html ref Nyman s February 2005 statement about the album printed within the booklet is very brief blockquote All my music starts out as piano music so the opportunity to get back to that essence appealed to me. Hence my desire to make this album a personal signature as a composer performer. I have deliberately focused on my more song like music the album title suggested itself. blockquote Track listing Diary of Love The End of the Affair 1999 film The End of the Affair If Anne no nikki The Diary of Anne Frank Franklyn Wonderland 1999 film Wonderland The Morrow Gattaca Jack Wonderland The Heart Asks Pleasure First The Piano Big my Secret The Piano Debbie Wonderland The Departure Gattaca Why The Diary of Anne ... more details
Unreferenced date October 2008 This is a list of films set in an intentionally unnamed city . This can be for the purpose of avoiding controversy, creating ambiguity, generalizing the story or creating a sense of detachment from reality. This technique is especially popular in film noir and science fiction . A movie is ineligible for this list if the name of the city in which it is set is spoken out loud or shown in text during the film. Alternatively, if a unique landmark is spoken out loud or shown in text, the setting has effectively been named. inc video Brazil film Brazil 1985 despite the title for thematic reasons Used to create an atmosphere of universal conformity and sameness. Dark City 1998 film Dark City 1998 for plot reasons Used to keep the nature of the setting a secret. Gattaca Identity film Identity 2003 for plot reasons Used to keep the nature of the setting a secret. The Matrix The Matrix was set in a city named Zion. Men With Guns 1997 for political reasons. Metropolis 1927 for thematic reasons The futuristic metropolis is used as a metonymy for civilization and technology as a whole. Miller s Crossing 1990 for thematic reasons The film is loosely based on The Glass Key, which takes place in an unnamed Eastern American city. Missing film Missing 1982 for political reasons The film s plot follows a mysterious kidnapping amidst a US backed military coup that bears intentional similarities to a case in Chile. Nabi film Nabi Saawariya film Saawariya 2008 for thematic reasons The Director of this Indian classic didn t want his characters to be affected by anything else other than their emotions so he created this unnamed surrealistic city where profession, religion and such things matter less and emotions matter more. Also it beautifies the story. Se7en 1995 for thematic reasons Used to create a sense of alienation. Songs from the Second Floor 2000 for the purpose of generalizing the problems in modern society. Z film Z 1969 for political reasons The f ... more details
Gil Grant is an American Screenplay writer and Film producer producer who is currently working on the CBS hit series NCIS Los Angeles. He is also developing a television series version of Gattaca for Sony International TV. He has worked on television shows such as 24 TV series 24 , NCIS TV series NCIS , and NCIS Los Angeles . He first began writing for the series Eight is Enough in 1977 and producing in 1982 with the series The Powers of Matthew Star . He currently lives in Los Angeles, California. Producer XIII The Series 2011 NCIS Los Angeles 2009 2010 Army Wives TV series 2008 Painkiller Jane TV series Painkiller Jane TV series 2007 NCIS TV series NCIS TV series 2004 2006 24 TV series 24 TV series 2002 2003 Tracker TV series Tracker TV series 2001 The Cape 1996 TV series The Cape 1996 McKenna TV series McKenna 1994 Covington Cross 1992 Hull High 1990 The Oldest Rookie 1987 The Powers of Matthew Star 1982 Writer XIII The Series 2011 NCIS Los Angeles 2009 present Army Wives TV series 2008 Painkiller Jane TV series Painkiller Jane TV series 2007 NCIS TV series NCIS 2004 2005 24 2002 2003 Tracker 2002 Relic Hunter 2001 The Cape 1996 McKenna 1994 Covington Cross 1992 Hull High 1990 The Oldest Rookie 1987 My Town TV series My Town 1986 The Powers of Matthew Star 1982 Eight is Enough 1977 External links Official http www.gilgrant.com IMDb name Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Grant, Gil ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Grant, Gil Category American television producers Category American television writers Category Living people Category Place of birth missing living people Category Year of birth missing living people US tv producer stub US tv writer stub ... more details
refimprove date August 2011 Infobox Single See Wikipedia WikiProject Songs Name Slave to the Wage Cover Placebo Slave to the Wage.jpg Artist Placebo band Placebo from Album Black Market Music album Black Market Music Released 25 September 2000 Genre Alternative rock Label Virgin Records Last single Taste in Men br 2000 This single Slave to the Wage br 2000 Next single Special K song Special K br 2000 Slave to the Wage is a single by alternative rock band Placebo band Placebo . Taken from their Black Market Music third album , it reached number 19 in the UK Singles Chart . The song, inspired by the drudgery of having a Working time 9 to 5 9 to 5 job in the modern world, is about not working oneself into an early grave. ref http www.placeboworld.co.uk archive selectaug00.htm FITTER. HAPPIER. MORE PRODUCTIVE. . Select Aug Sep 2000. ref Bob Dylan s Maggie s Farm is also mentioned in the lyrics. The song samples the intro of Texas Never Whispers by Pavement band Pavement . The music video is directed by Howard Greenhalgh and was inspired by the movie Gattaca . Track listings CD1 Slave to the Wage Radio edit 3 50 Leni 4 39 Bubblegun 5 13 CD2 Slave to the Wage Album version 4 09 Holocaust 4 26 Slave to the Wage Les Rythmes Digitales remix 4 29 References reflist Placebo Placebo singles Category Placebo songs Category 2000 singles 2000s rock single stub fr Slave To The Wage ro Slave to the Wage ... more details
Infobox person image imagesize 150px birth name Elizabeth Hannah Dennehy birth date birth date and age 1960 10 1 birth place Jacksonville, North Carolina , USA spouse James Lancaster years active 1988 2009 Elizabeth Hannah Dennehy born October 1, 1960 is an American actress . She is the daughter of Brian Dennehy and sister of Kathleen Dennehy . She is married to actor James Lancaster actor James Lancaster . She is a graduate of Hofstra University . Her work involves mainly television and some film. Her most notable role is arguably that of Lieutenant Commander Shelby in the Star Trek The Next Generation two part episode The Best of Both Worlds TNG episode The Best of Both Worlds . Dennehy has also appeared in such television series as Guiding Light , Seinfeld , Charmed and Without a Trace and films such as Clear and Present Danger film Clear and Present Danger , Gattaca , Soldier film Soldier , Red Dragon film Red Dragon and True Blood . External links IMDb name id 0219324 memoryalpha Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Dennehy, Elizabeth ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION American actor DATE OF BIRTH October 1, 1960 PLACE OF BIRTH Jacksonville, North Carolina DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Dennehy, Elizabeth Category 1960 births Category American film actors Category American television actors Category Living people Category Hofstra University alumni Category Place of birth missing living people US screen actor stub de Elizabeth Dennehy fr Elizabeth Dennehy ... more details
Multiple issues context January 2010 refimprove January 2010 BLP sources January 2010 notability January 2010 orphan August 2010 Darren Michaels , originally from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is an award winning motion picture unit still photographer based in Los Angeles, CA, who has created publicity, marketing, and advertising images for over 70 major motion pictures campaigns. His credits include The Mask film The Mask Lolita 1997 film Lolita Jackie Brown film Jackie Brown Gattaca The Scorpion King Dogma film Dogma Charlie s Angels film Charlie s Angels 50 First Dates Anchorman The Legend of Ron Burgundy Pineapple Express film Pineapple Express Zack and Miri Make a Porno He s Just Not That into You film He s Just Not That Into You Whip It film Whip It Darren Michaels is a member of the International Cinematographers Guild , as well as a member of Society of Motion Picture Still Photographers S.M.P.S.P. . He is also a recipient of the Hollywood Reporter s Key Art Award, and in 2011 was nominated by The International Cinematographer s Guild for Motion Picture Still Photographer of the Year. fact date December 2011 External links http www.PhotobyDarrenMichaels.com Photos by Darren Michaels References IMDB name 0584313 Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Michaels, Darren ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Michaels, Darren Category Movie stills photographers Category Living people ... more details
The Art Directors Guild Award for Excellence in Production Design for a Feature Film is one of the annual awards given by the Art Directors Guild from 1996 to 1999. Starting in 2000, this award is separated into different categories including Art Directors Guild Award for Excellence in Production Design for a Contemporary Film Contemporary Film , Art Directors Guild Award for Excellence in Production Design for a Fantasy Film Fantasy Film , and Art Directors Guild Award for Excellence in Production Design for a Period Film Period Film . Winners class wikitable width 95 cellpadding 5 width 10 Year width 45 Film width 45 Production Designer s rowspan 5 style text align center 1996 style background B0C4DE The English Patient film The English Patient style background B0C4DE Stuart Craig The Birdcage The Crucible 1996 film The Crucible Hamlet 1996 film Hamlet Mars Attacks rowspan 5 style text align center 1997 style background B0C4DE Titanic 1997 film Titanic style background B0C4DE Peter Lamont Amistad film Amistad Gattaca L.A. Confidential film L.A. Confidential Men in Black film Men in Black rowspan 5 style text align center 1998 style background B0C4DE What Dreams May Come style background B0C4DE Eugenio Zanetti Elizabeth film Elizabeth Pleasantville film Pleasantville Saving Private Ryan Shakespeare in Love rowspan 5 style text align center 1999 style background B0C4DE Sleepy Hollow film Sleepy Hollow style background B0C4DE Rick Heinrichs American Beauty 1999 film American Beauty Anna and the King The Matrix Titus film Titus ADG Awards Chron Category Art Directors Guild Awards ... more details
Infobox Album See Wikipedia WikiProject Albums Name The Suit and the Photograph Type studio Longtype Artist Michael Nyman Cover Suitandthephotograph.jpg Cover size 200 Caption August Sander , Bauernkapelle, Westerwald, c. 1913 br small c Die Photographische Sammlung SK Stiftung Kultur August Sander Archiv, K ln DACS, London, 1998 small Released May 4, 1998 UK br June 2, 1998 USA Recorded November 17 20, 1995 in music 1995 Galaxy Recording Studio , Mol, Belgium Genre Contemporary classical music , chamber music , minimalist music Length 56 21 Language Label EMI Classics Director Producer Michael Nyman & Michael J. Dutton Reviews Compiler Chronology Last album Gattaca Soundtrack Gattaca br 1997 This album The Suit and the Photograph br 1998 Next album Strong on Oaks, Strong on the Causes of Oaks br 1998 Misc The Suit and the Photograph is a 1998 in music 1998 album by Michael Nyman with the Michael Nyman Band , recorded in 1995. On this album, Nyman is the composer , conducting conductor , and music producer producer , and wrote the liner notes . The album contains two works, String Quartet No. 4 and 3 Quartets . The album is named for its cover photograph by August Sander , which Nyman had associated with the Michael Nyman Band since its inception in 1977. He cites a description of the photograph by John Berger describing that the suits deform the working class rural men just enough to undermine physical dignity. Ironically, both of the pieces on the album originated in Japan . It is Nyman s second release on EMI and his 33rd in general, but is not designated part of a series, as EMI had done with Concertos 1997 album Concertos . Said Nyman of EMI, I didn t excite them, and they didn t excite me. ref Michael Church. Michael Nyman Piano, solo The Independent . Thursday, 28 September 2006. http www.independent.co.uk arts entertainment music features michael nyman piano solo 417877.html ref Nyman s only further releases on EMI would be the UK edition of Ravenous , featu ... more details
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