Award-winning filmmaker Martin Scorsese is ready to direct a tribute live performance film for Robbie Robertson. The upcoming live performance is named Life Is A Carnival: A Musical Celebration Of Robbie Robertson.
Scorsese will direct the filming of the tribute live performance this Thursday evening. This received’t be the primary time the filmmaker has helmed a live performance movie for the late musician. Scorsese directed the live performance movie The Final Waltz, which was launched in 1978. It additionally serves as Robertson’s final live performance together with his group The Band.
Robertson had labored on varied film and tv soundtracks and was a frequent Scorsese collaborator. He served as both a music guide or composer in a number of movies directed by Scorsese, together with Raging Bull, The King of Comedy, The Colour of Cash, On line casino, Gangs of New York, Shutter Island, The Wolf of Wall Avenue, and The Irishman.
His final collaboration with Scorsese was within the 2023 Western crime drama Killers of the Flower Moon.
Who’re the artists concerned in Life Is A Carnival: A Musical Celebration Of Robbie Robertson?
Per Selection’s report, the artists performing on the present — which shall be held on the Kia Discussion board on Thursday — embrace Trey Anastasio, Warren Haynes, Bruce Hornsby, Eric Church, Eric Clapton, Jim James, Daniel Lanois, Taj Mahal, Robert Randolph, Nathaniel Rateliff, Van Morrison, Margo Worth, Lucinda Williams, Mavis Staples, Bobby Weir, and Allison Russell. The home band will embrace Ryan Bingham, Jamey Johnson, Mike Campbell, John Medeski, Dave Malone, and extra.
Along with directing the live performance film, Scorsese additionally serves because the live performance’s govt producer alongside Jared Levine, Keith Wortman, and Scooter Weintraub.
Robertson was Bob Dylan’s lead guitarist in addition to The Band’s guitarist and songwriter earlier than embarking on his solo profession. The famend musician handed away on August 9, 2023, on the age of 80.
