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Sundance 2024: Roher's 'Tuner' and Naqvi's 'Hanging By A Wire'
At the Sundance Film Festival, Daniel Roher, who won an Oscar for his documentary 'Navalny', showed his first fiction film called 'Tuner'.
It's about a piano tuner and a former pianist who gets into trouble with thieves.
Roher said he was inspired by a real piano tuner he met.
The film stars Dustin Hoffman and Leo Woodall.
Another film shown was 'Hanging By A Wire', a documentary about rescuing boys stuck in a cable car in the Himalayas.
The director, Mohammed Ali Naqvi, wanted the film to feel like an action movie.
There was also a dark comedy called 'The Incomer' about a man trying to evict people from a weird island.
Daniel Roher premiered his fiction debut 'Tuner' at Sundance 2024, starring Dustin Hoffman and Leo Woodall.
'Tuner' is a blend of odd-couple, romance, and thriller genres, inspired by a real piano tuner.
Mohammed Ali Naqvi's documentary 'Hanging By A Wire' tells the story of rescuing Pakistani schoolboys stranded in a cable car.
The documentary uses footage from villagers and social media to show the rescue efforts.
Other highlights included 'The Incomer', a dark comedy about a man sent to evict islanders.
- Who
- Daniel Roher (director of 'Tuner'), Mohammed Ali Naqvi (director of 'Hanging By A Wire')
- What
- Premiere of 'Tuner' and 'Hanging By A Wire' at Sundance 2024
- Where
- Park City, Utah
- When
- Opening day of Sundance 2024 (Thursday)
- Why
- To showcase new films and directorial debuts
Key facts
- Director of 'Tuner'
- Daniel Roher
- Starring in 'Tuner'
- Dustin Hoffman, Leo Woodall, Havana Rose Liu
- Genre of 'Tuner'
- Odd-couple, romance, thriller
- Director of 'Hanging By A Wire'
- Mohammed Ali Naqvi
- Subject of 'Hanging By A Wire'
- Rescue of Pakistani schoolboys in Himalayas
- Location of Sundance 2024
- Park City, Utah
- Other notable film at Sundance 2024
- The Incomer (Louis Paxton)
Quotes
Daniel Roher
Academy Award-winning documentary director and filmmaker of 'Tuner'
“Everything they do is just bizarre, but interesting and fascinating. I have tremendous respect for them, for their abilities, for the way that they operate. But I don't understand it.”
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“He treated me like it was 1968, I was Mike Nichols, and we were shooting (Hoffman's breakout film) 'The Graduate'. He called me sir. He called me boss. And he just loved being there.”
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Piano Tuner
Husband of a friend of Daniel Roher's wife
“It's about atrophy and entropy and the forces of the universe. They want to pull these strings out of tune, and it's my job to keep them in tune so people can play.”
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Mohammed Ali Naqvi
Director of 'Hanging By A Wire'
“I love action thriller films from the '80s and 90s, and those are some of the films that have inspired us to make this.”
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