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    Composer Dan Deacon joins Barking Owl

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    LOS ANGELES --

    Barking Owl has added Baltimore-based musician Dan Deacon to its roster of composers.  Within the realm of live performance, Deacon has premiered compositions at Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center and collaborated with innumerable artists and institutions, including Kronos Quartet, Sล Percussion, the L.A. Philharmonic, and Justin Peck with the New York City Ballet. Deacon has also toured internationally with popular recording artists, including Arcade Fire, Miley Cyrus, Future Islands, and The Flaming Lips. When performing solo, Deacon’s live shows are known for large-scale audience participation, frequently setting up his performance space on the floor level with the audience engaged in close proximity.

    Deacon’s work in the classic-contemporary scene led him into the world of film and television. Deacon created original music for Francis Ford Coppola’s horror feature film Twixt, starring Val Kilmer. His work composing for documentary films All Light, Everywhere (2021, Sundance Film Festival) and Ascension (2021, Tribeca Film Festival) garnered him nominations for Outstanding Original Score at the Cinema Eye Honors in 2022, with Deacon taking home the prize for Ascension. Deacon has also provided the musical score for the sports drama Hustle starring Adam Sandler, currently streaming on Netflix.

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    Robert Eggers and Willem Dafoe Reunite For “Nosferatu”

    Tuesday, December 24, 2024

    When Willem Dafoe enjoys working with a filmmaker, he'll often jump at the chance to do it again.

    The list of directors with whom the 69-year-old has worked with more than once is extensive, including Wes Anderson,Yorgos Lanthimos,Paul Schrader,Lars von Trier and, now for a third time, Robert Eggers. "If it's good, you come back," Dafoe said plainly.

    The pair spoke about Eggers' adaptation of "Nosferatu" that hits theaters Wednesday, some of the challenges they faced making "The Lighthouse" โ€” their first project together released in 2019 โ€” and the unique relationship that exists between actors and directors.

    The interview has been edited for clarity and brevity.

    Q: Willem, I read that you called Robert after you saw "The Witch." What did you say?

    DAFOE: I want to meet you and I want to know who this filmmaker is.

    Q: What is it about him that keeps bringing you back?

    DAFOE: Well, if it's good, you come back. When I saw "The Witch," I thought, "Wow, this is a film about a period that I'm not particularly knowledgeable about, but I enter it so easily. This is relevant. It's rooted. It's my story. I'm with these people."

    That's quite an incredible trick because a lot of period films, they're always pointing to themselves. They're always sending messages. They're always showing. This had a kind of energy and the kind of physicality and sensuality that I thought, "Who does this? I gotta see this guy." And then I had a wonderful experience in "The Lighthouse" and I played a part that was really fun in "The Northman." So, when he wants to do this passion project and offers me this beautiful role of Professor Von Franz, I say,... Read More

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