JIt’s All So Beautiful, It’s All So Strange: Musician Announces Film Project

St. Petersburg, FL - Life, I Love You, you could call it.

Cut from the collaborative cloth of innovative films New York, I Love You and Paris, je t’aime, it’s the human experience that’s highlighted in the ambitious new film and music project, It’s All So Beautiful, It’s All So Strange, announced today by Far and Away Records recording artist Ryan Powers Boyle.

Based on the music from Boyle’s upcoming self-titled album (due July 20, 2010 - Far and Away Records), It’s All So Beautiful, It’s All So Strange will feature a collection of short animated and live-action films by 10 filmmakers from around the world. Shown together, the films will tell the story of a man living through 10 chapters of life, or through 10 unique yet interrelated lives, depending on the viewer’s perspective. 

“As far as I can tell, this kind of project has never been attempted before,” Boyle said. “Pink Floyd did The Wall, the Qatsi Trilogy blended film and music in a very abstract way, and plenty of bands have made videos of their songs, but to tell a single musical narrative through the eyes of 11 unique perspectives -- 10 filmmakers plus myself -- I’d like to think this is a first.”

Though spearheaded by Boyle, the Florida native is just 1/11th of a truly diverse group of collaborators on It’s All So Beautiful, It’s All So Strange. Contributing filmmakers include Qian Shi (China), Lilian Chan (Hong Kong), Panagiota Chaidogiannou (Greece), Will Donovan (Boston, MA), Wes Pratt (Tampa, FL), Jens Toivakainen (Finland), Emily Bailey (UK), Co Lab Studios (Savannah, GA, and China), Sidney Manuel (Lauderhill, FL), and Joseph Winchester (Austin, TX).

“The vastly different cultural perspectives at work here are really going to make this something special,” Boyle continued. “Coupled with the music -- arguably a universal language -- this project will be one of the most broadly realized projects I’ve ever been a part of.”

In addition to international release, It’s All So Beautiful, It’s All So Strange will be shown as part of Boyle’s live concerts in a US tour slated to begin this summer.

It’s All So Beautiful, It’s All So Strange will be released September 2010. For more information, visit www.ryanpowersboyle.com/film.

Contact:

Katie May
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