Review: ‘They Shot the Piano Player’ follows the trail of a Brazilian jazz giant’s murder
Attention, fans of samba, bossa nova and ambitious nonfiction/fiction hybrids, animated division: Here is a clear choice for worthwhile moviegoing. “They Shot the Piano Player” investigates the short life and 1976 disappearance and likely political assassination of Brazilian jazz keyboardist Francisco Tenório Júnior, a revered if spottily known figure in the realm of jazz. The film comes from ...
by Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune
Mar 01, 2024
2 minutes
Attention, fans of samba, bossa nova and ambitious nonfiction/fiction hybrids, animated division: Here is a clear choice for worthwhile moviegoing.
“They Shot the Piano Player” investigates the short life and 1976 disappearance and likely political assassination of Brazilian jazz keyboardist Francisco Tenório Júnior, a revered if spottily known figure in the realm of jazz.
The film comes from Spanish director Fernando Trueba, here co-directing once again with artistexplored a similar, childlike animation style and related thematic ideas, creating a fictional love story spiced with various real-life jazz geniuses, from Dizzy Gillespie to Tito Puente.
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