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Show C-4 The Park Record PARK CITY FILM.ORG CREATING COMMUNITY THROUGH FILM JOJO RABBIT Wed/Thurs/Fri, January 22-24, 2020 Rain Phoenix rises above personal loss in her music Rated PG-13 JAN 17 JAN 18 JAN 19 Fri 8pm Sat 8pm Sun 6pm Nominated for 6 Academy Awards including Best Picture! Underwritten by Ed Orschel, Premiere Builders, Inc. JIM SANTY AUDITORIUM 1255 PARK AVE PARK CITY • 435.615.8291 COURTESY OF ASCAP Rain Phoenix will perform selections from her new album “River” on Saturday and Sunday at the ASCAP Music Cafe. “River” is the singer-songwriter’s homage to her late brother, actor River Phoenix. Rain Phoenix ASCAP Cafe performance highlights ‘River’ SCOTT IWASAKI The Park Record Singer-songwriter Rain Phoenix was in her early 20s when she and her younger brother, Joaquin, watched helplessly as their older brother, River, succumbed to an overdose outside the Viper Room, a Los Angeles nightclub, in 1993. Phoenix, who performs at the ASCAP Music Cafe on Jan. 26 and 27, waited 26 years to publicly address the loss of her brother, but when she felt it was time, she made sure it was on her own terms through the album titled “River,” which was released in October. The album addresses loss from a universal and personal perspective, according to Phoenix. “Loss is one of my favorite subjects, because culturally we The L.A. 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And I am honoring my brother by naming the album after him.” Phoenix said her brother introduced her to music. “It was River who started me singing,” she said. “He would play the guitar, and one day I began to sing. I was only three at the time, but when I sang, it made total sense to me, and it became something that I knew I wanted to do.” Phoenix, who along with her sister Summer co-hosts the LaunchLeft podcast,, which supports left-of-center artists, has toured as a backup singer with the Red Hot Chili Peppers and R.E.M. But she said “River” marks the first time that making music by herself felt the most authentic. “Of course, I really didn’t make the record alone, because I worked with my collaborator (and producer) Kirk Hellie, who Continued from C-2 Slamdance looks to the future film or third film recognized,” he said. “We want to support those artists establish their unique vision and distinct visual style and bold story. We are excited for them to move onto the next level of their careers.” This year’s Breakout program will feature a mix of documentary and features that explore different subjects, including love, fear, betrayal and friendship, Baxter said. One of the breakouts is “A Film About a Father Who,” a documentary by Lynne Sachs, about her father and Park City businessman Ira Sachs Sr. (See story on page C-1) “It’s a daring documentary, and what we loved about this film is that we all have family fallouts, but the ruptured and intense one that is in Lynne’s masterpiece reveals how far bloodlines can stretch without losing connection altogether,” Baxter said. Solodnikova remembered the reactions of festival program- 1 Baddies with pointy hats 2 Actor Guinness 3 Like cobras, but not pythons 4 Web system allowing outside access 5 Frasier’s brother 6 Obeys a stick-wielding doctor 7 Bad marks in high school? 8 “If it fits” item 9 Most popular 10 Lead monitor, for short 11 Word with line or hound 12 Climbing gear 13 Slanted column 14 Islamic leaders 15 “Can we see __?”: diner’s request 16 *Car coolant carrier 17 Thames campus 18 Tennis drop shot 21 Fleeced 27 “... __ you home to dinner”: Shak. 32 Flat fish 34 Summit 35 Motion maker: Abbr. 36 38 39 40 41 43 44 46 51 52 53 54 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 64 66 67 69 Period of time Mrs. Gorbachev Roughly “Shoot!” Weimaraner’s complaint Eatery seen in the film “Manhattan” Car and Driver yearly listing Can’t brook Number of singers in The Chipmunks Estate beneficiary Cans for cons Jeweler’s measure Clown mascot’s first name Thumper’s friend Evening parties Banking misjudgment Property recipient, in legal language *Tourist’s eye-opening experience, perhaps Letter-shaped fasteners Crayola color renamed Peach in 1962 Like a “Stat!” instruction Way more than some Composer Bruckner 70 72 73 75 77 78 79 80 82 83 84 88 89 90 93 96 97 98 100 101 103 104 105 106 109 Links army leader Ovarian hormones Frosty coat Knowledgeable about Manhattan, say Causing avoidance Peggy or Brenda of song Hallucinogenic letters Fork, for instance Japan’s largest active volcano Pondering, with “on” Cars that sound like gems “__ you really just say that?” Run down a mountain Blathering “__ it!”: “Get moving!” Italian hot spot Hard work Berserk Pueblo people “That being the case ... ” Soapmaker’s supplies Just makes, with “out” Mailed Watch When: 2 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 26, and Sunday, Jan. 27 Where: ASCAP music Cafe, 751 Main St. Cost: Free for Sundance Film Festival credential holders Web: https://www.ascap. com/sundance2020 co wrote many of the songs on the album as well,” she said. “But I did feel completely at home as an artist in expressing myself with this record.” Part of that comfortableness was due to how Phoenix wrote the songs. “I never held back, because most of the way I write is through streams of consciousness,” she said. “I don’t just set out to write about something. I just usually start singing words to the melody of the music that I’m either playing on guitar or that is brought to me. I prefer to think that songwriting is like having information beamed to me. I just open up and allow what needs to come through.” Sometimes Phoenix doesn’t really understand a song she has written until it has been recorded. Please see Phoenix, C-5 mers who first saw the documentary, which took nearly three decades to complete. “They were all rooting for that film to be programmed,” she said. “Lynne explored her family history for 30-years and was always discovering new facts about a person who is not only her own father, but also someone fairly well-known in the local community.” Speaking of the local community, Solodnikova is grateful for Park City’s support of Slamdance. “Last year, we started a program for locals to host filmmakers, who may not have been able to afford coming to the festival,” she said. ‘This year we have three times more hosts.” Both Baxter and Solodnikova said returning to Treasure Mountain Inn each year is like coming home. “This is part of my life, and it’s part of Slamdance’s life,” Baxter said. “Treasure Mountain Inn, Park City and Main Street is our home and long may it continue to be.” “I’m so grateful I get to go back every year,” Solodnikova said. “Because we’re there only a short time, there is so much life and intense emotion. But we get to connect with so many artists, and local attendees who climb that hill. There is nothing that compares to the energy that happens in Park City.” |