Rewind & Play (subtitled It's Not Nice) is a 2022 French- German [1] documentary film essay by Alain Gomis.
Featuring outtakes from a 1969 interview for French television [2] with Thelonious Monk at the end of his European tour given questions by French pianist Henri Renaud (in the film, it also revealed some of the racial discontent between interviewer and interviewee). [3] The subtitle is named after one of the questions Renaud gave to Monk was deemed "derogatory" by Bernard Lion. It also featured performances by Monk on solo piano on the night of the interview. [4]
Gomis received the footage from the National Audiovisual Institute while researching for a fictional film about Monk. [5]
Synopsis. In December 1969, legendary pianist and composer Thelonious Monk ended his European tour in Paris. Before the show, Monk appeared on French TV to perform and speak with French jazz pianist Henri Renaud. Newly discovered footage reveals the disconnect between Monk and his interviewer.
The documentary "Rewind & Play" makes damning use of a 1969 interview Thelonious Monk did with Henri Renaud for the French television program "Jazz Portrait." Monk's European tour was set to end in Paris and the show was recorded shortly before.
Rewind & Play (subtitled It's Not Nice) is a 2022 French- German [1] documentary film essay by Alain Gomis.
Featuring outtakes from a 1969 interview for French television [2] with Thelonious Monk at the end of his European tour given questions by French pianist Henri Renaud (in the film, it also revealed some of the racial discontent between interviewer and interviewee). [3] The subtitle is named after one of the questions Renaud gave to Monk was deemed "derogatory" by Bernard Lion. It also featured performances by Monk on solo piano on the night of the interview. [4]
Gomis received the footage from the National Audiovisual Institute while researching for a fictional film about Monk. [5]
Synopsis. In December 1969, legendary pianist and composer Thelonious Monk ended his European tour in Paris. Before the show, Monk appeared on French TV to perform and speak with French jazz pianist Henri Renaud. Newly discovered footage reveals the disconnect between Monk and his interviewer.
The documentary "Rewind & Play" makes damning use of a 1969 interview Thelonious Monk did with Henri Renaud for the French television program "Jazz Portrait." Monk's European tour was set to end in Paris and the show was recorded shortly before.