Friday, June 24, 2005

La tigre e la neve (update)

Tom Waits is reported to be involved in La tigre e la neve (the tiger and the snow), the latest movie of Roberto Benigni, which is due to be released on October 14th. .


According to Italian news agency ANSA, one of his songs will be used in the movie. The music score is supposedly written by the music is by Nicola Povani.

Umbriajournal.com (an online journal made by a students association from the Italian region Umbria) reported Tom Waits' presence was requiered for the filming of a ,,complicated'' scene: ,,Un’esperienza particolare è toccata a due studenti che hanno avuto l’opportunità di lavorare sul set dell’ultimo film di Benigni, La Tigre e la Neve, durante l’ultima settimana di lavorazione, in cui doveva essere girata una complessa sequenza che necessitava della presenza del celebre cantautore Tom Waits.''

A newscast on Italian television supposedly reported that the music and the complete soundtrack of this movie was written by Waits.

(thanks to Alex)

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Era prevedibile una collaborazione con Roberto benigni ,da parte del nostro beniamino:non manchernno di sorprenderci entrambi!!!

Anonymous said...

Sorprenderci si, ma per quanto riguarda benigni, avviene negativamente.....