Laurie Anderson
Hidden Inside Mountains
Hidden Inside Mountains, commissioned by EXPO 2005 Aichi, Japan, is a high
definition film that debuted in Japan at WORLD EXPO 2005 on the largest high
definition Astrovision screen in the world. An original score was written and
recorded by Laurie Anderson with additional vocals by singer/performer Antony.
The soundtrack was mastered in stereo 5.1.
Hidden Inside Mountains is a film of short stories about nature, artifice and
dreams. Located in a fictitious world of theatrical spaces, the stories unfold
through music, gesture, text passages and the poetry of variously juxtaposed,
evocative visual images. Both joy and loss are expressed in the film’s dreamlike
texts, written by Laurie Anderson and shown in both Japanese and English. The
film’s haunting music features violins, bells, dog barks and melody as well as
many of Laurie Anderson’s signature electronic sounds.
Hidden Inside Mountains: A production of Canal Street Communications, Inc.
© 2005 Canal Street Communications, Inc. All rights reserved.
Laurie Anderson
Hidden Inside Mountains
CREDITS:
WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY LAURIE ANDERSON
PRODUCER CHERYL KAPLAN
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER LINDA BRUMBACH
ORIGINAL SCORE LAURIE ANDERSON
STILL PHOTOGRAPHIC PROJECTIONS LAURIE ANDERSON
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY MARYSE ALBERTI
EDITOR KEVIN MESSMAN
PRODUCTION DESIGNER ANDREA STANLEY
CAST: Antony, Laurie Anderson; “CREW”: Nicole Emmons, Peter Fackler, Jason
Gandy, Arthur Hur, Kristian Kraljevic, Jeff Sugg, Andrew Federman; TWINS: Shane
and Shawn Jenkins; Rita Alper and Jean Meadow; Colleen and Erin Conboy
Regan; TRIPLETS: Alex, Zach and Andrew Zoppa; Lolabelle the Dog
TWIN AND TRIPLET CASTING Cheryl Kaplan
ORIGINAL SCORE Laurie Anderson
MUSIC DIRECTOR Skuli Sverrisson
MUSICIANS: Antony: Vocals; Laurie Anderson: Violin, Keyboards, Electronics,
Vocals; Skuli Sverrisson: Bass Guitar and Electronics; Ben Wittman: Percussion;
Gerry Leonard: Guitar; Rob Burger: Keyboards
ADDITIONAL ENGINEERING & RECORDING: Max Feldman, Jody Elff
5.1 AND STEREO SOUND MIXER: Mario McNulty
MASTERED BY Emily Lazar and Sarah Register at The Lodge, NYC
SHOT ENTIRELY ON LOCATION IN NEW YORK AT OXYGEN MEDIA STUDIOS
WARDROBE COURTESY OF ISSEY MIYAKE AND HAN FENG
ONLINE POST PRODUCTION: OUTPOST DIGITAL, NEW YORK
TRANSLATIONS: Sonoko Kawahara, With special thanks to Issan Hajime Koyama
Shinya Watanabe and Rande Brown
ADMINISTRATIVE PRODUCER: Laura Aswad
FOR CONVERSATION AND COMPANY, JAPAN: Shohachiro Haga, Sachiko
Nakanishi, Catherine Ounsamone, Makoto Kawaguchi,Yoshikuni Shudo,
Motohiro Kikutome
GENEROUS SUPPORT HAS BEEN PROVIDED IN THE USA
BY THE FOLLOWING SPONSORS:
Abel Cine Tech
Adorama
Apple
Camera Service Center NY
Digital Society
DPA Microphones
Dragon’s Head Production
ELMO USA Corp
Foto Care
Genelec Inc.
Han Feng
The Lodge, NYC
Medea Corporation
Okamoto Studio
Outpost Digital
Oxygen Network Studios
Panasonic North America
POST MODERN VIDEO
Power Production
Scharff Weisberg, Inc.
TEKSERVE
TCS
Xeno Lights, Inc.