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December 1969, Thelonious Monk arrives in Paris. Before his evening concert, he recorded a program for French television. The rushes that have been preserved show us a Thelonious Monk who is rare, close, and in the grip of the violent factory of stereotypes from which he tries to escape. The film becomes the crossing of this great artist, who would like to exist only for his music. And the portrait in hollow of a media machine as ridiculous as revolting.

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Ty Burr Ty Burr's Watch List (Substack) 04/28/2023
3/4
Gomis’ film features long, uninterrupted passages of Monk playing the studio’s grand piano, and they are the meat and marvel of the film... Go to Full Review Peter Rainer FilmWeek (LAist) 04/07/2023
A film that ought to appeal to fans of Thelonious Monk -- but even if you don't know him, you should watch it anyway because everyone should be a fan of Thelonious Monk. Go to Full Review Robert Abele Los Angeles Times 04/06/2023
In the stretches when Monk is playing, he gets to be exactly who he is, his exhilarating music doing the talking, his exquisite dissonance suddenly more revelatory than perhaps intended. Go to Full Review Juan Pablo Russo EscribiendoCine 07/17/2024
7/10
Rewind & Play is a work of art in itself, not only for Gomis’s ability to bring these images to light, but for the way he weaves them together to tell a larger story. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review Alex Heeney Seventh Row 03/22/2024
In Rewind & Play, Alain Gomis re-edits an interview jazz pianist Thelonius Monk gave on French TV in the 1960s to expose the sneering racism of the host. Go to Full Review Elissa Suh Screen Slate 03/13/2023
Fundamentally an essay film, Rewind & Play illuminates the chasm between tendentious interviewer and inscrutable subject and exposes the slyly pernicious relationship between Black artists and white media machine in the process. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Vincent E 05/01/2023 One of the greats in jazz. See more Richard B @richardbarber 03/23/2023 A weird and exhilarating combination of an interview with outtakes with an awkward, clueless French interviewer, and some of the most astounding, satisfying piano playing ever captured on film. The camera is tight on Monk as he tries to react or not react to the nonsense surrounding him. Some people might not think this is what a documentary should be, but other people don't care, myself included, See more Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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Alain Gomis

Director

Thelonious Monk

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Anouk Khélifa

Producer

Arnaud Dommerc

Producer

Alain Gomis

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Movie Info

Synopsis December 1969, Thelonious Monk arrives in Paris. Before his evening concert, he recorded a program for French television. The rushes that have been preserved show us a Thelonious Monk who is rare, close, and in the grip of the violent factory of stereotypes from which he tries to escape. The film becomes the crossing of this great artist, who would like to exist only for his music. And the portrait in hollow of a media machine as ridiculous as revolting.
Director
Alain Gomis
Producer
Anouk Khélifa, Arnaud Dommerc
Distributor
Grasshopper Film
Production Co
Andolfi
Genre
Documentary, Music
Original Language
French (France)
Release Date (Theaters)
Mar 10, 2023, Limited
Runtime
1h 5m
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