{"id":31122,"date":"2026-05-22T10:00:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T07:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/msfilmfestival.fi\/?post_type=movies&p=31122"},"modified":"2026-05-22T10:00:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T07:00:15","slug":"everybody-digs-bill-evans","status":"publish","type":"movies","link":"https:\/\/msfilmfestival.fi\/en\/movies\/everybody-digs-bill-evans\/","title":{"rendered":"Everybody Digs Bill Evans"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jazz seems perfectly at home when paired with film, especially in black-and-white imagery. Particularly in stories set in the 1950s or early 1960s. And especially in New York\u2026 This is also the case in the English director Grant Gee\u2019s debut fiction film, which is \u2018different\u2019 as a music film: a portrayal of the famous jazz musician, the American pianist-composer Bill Evans, at a time when he is unable to make music.<\/span><\/p>\n

A nonlinearly structured biography that moves twenty years forward in time begins with a cool live session in July 1961, during which a couple of highly acclaimed albums were recorded. But the main focus is on the impact of bassist Scott LaFaro\u2019s death in a car accident on his friend Evans: how, in his grief, he needs a complete break from music, first staying with his older brother Harry\u2019s family and then at his parents\u2019 home in Florida. Attention is also given to his deteriorating relationship with his girlfriend Ellaine \u2013 and with heroin.<\/span><\/p>\n

Anders Danielsen Lee, Joachim Trier\u2019s trusted actor, gives a skilled performance as Evans, an uncompromising musician and a depressed chain smoker. Bill Pullman and Laurie Metcalf are great as parents who bring warmth and humor. The 16 mm camera work of Piers McGrail creates a poetic feeling that sits perfectly with music, time and melancholy.<\/span><\/p>\n

Timo Malmi<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jazz seems perfectly at home when paired with film, especially in black-and-white imagery. Particularly in stories set in the 1950s or early 1960s. And especially in New York\u2026 This is also the case in the English director Grant Gee\u2019s debut fiction film, which is \u2018different\u2019 as a music film: a portrayal of the famous jazz… View Article<\/a>","protected":false},"featured_media":31120,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-31122","movies","type-movies","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","filters-english-dialogue","filters-special-screenings"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nEverybody Digs Bill Evans — Midnight Sun Film Festival<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Jazz seems perfectly at home when paired with film, especially in black-and-white imagery. Particularly in stories set in the 1950s or early 1960s. 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