John Aylward’s ‘Oblivion’ Wins Best Musical Film at the Cannes World Film Festival
By David Salazar(Image source: John Aylward’s Official Website)
John Aylward’s “Oblivion” has received the prize for Best Musical Film at the Cannes World Film Festival.
The film, directed by Laine Rettmer, was produced by Ravenser Odd Productions and co-produced with filmmaker Graham Swon. It stars Ty Boque, Nina Guo, Lukas Pappenfuscline, and Cailin Marcel Manson.
A cast recording was released on New Focus Records in 2023 and has since then been on the festival circuit.
In reviewing the CD release for OperaWire, Joe Cadigan remarked that “’Oblivion’ continuously divulges new layers of meaning. In the space of an hour, Aylward lays out a vast moral and philosophical labyrinth for the listener to roam. Its complexities and ambiguities are unsolvable, and by the final scene, one gets the sense of being suspended in their own infinite and inescapable limbo.”
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