Of Mind and Music

Cinephile deep dive

The take

Richie Adams directs. Tom Lembcke behind the camera. Carlos José Alvarez scores. David Rogow cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

• 1Released 12 years ago.
• 2Directed by Richie Adams, shot by Tom Lembcke. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
• 3Original score by Carlos José Alvarez. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
• 4Editor David Rogow shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
• 5Joaquim de Almeida and Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor and Ruth Negga carry the top of the cast.
• 6IMDB entry: tt3057572 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
• 7Only 13 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Cinematography

Tom Lembcke

Original score

Carlos José Alvarez

Editing

David Rogow

Production design

Kenneth Hardy

Costume design

Kim Martínez

Makeup / hair

Kim Collea

Runtime

98 min · 1h 38m

Status

Released

Original language

EN

IMDB

Of Mind and Music (2014) ↗

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Production companies

Who made it

• UN

  Una Vida Productions

Key crew

• ProducerRichie Adams
• Executive ProducerNicolas Bazan
• ProducerBrent Caballero
• ProducerNancy Green-Keyes
• EditorDavid Rogow
• Production DesignKenneth Hardy
• Set DecorationChad Harris
• Costume DesignKim Martínez
• Makeup Department HeadKim Collea
• Key Makeup ArtistAshley Levy
• Production AccountantLauren Claret
• Music SupervisorJoel C. High

Release history · US

When it landed

• Premiere2016-02-12· Vail Film Festival
• Theatrical2014-10-19· Heartland Film Festival

Also known as

International titles

• Una Vida: A Fable of Music and the MindUS