Swing violin in film

andoatagn

Hi Folks:
I already have a thread going in Archtop Eddie's Corner, but thought I would check in here, too, for your specific expertise.

At Django in June this year a local cinema will be showing a Django-related film and some of our staff and Django Camp participants will be providing music. We've got a strong violin contingent coming this year, so I thought I might suggest something that would give us the opportunity to feature them and highlight Grappelli's contribution to the tradition.

Apart from the Grappelli documentary and The Red Violin, I'm drawing a blank. I'm wondering if any of you can recommend good films that feature violin or violinists. If it also has a French or Swing angle that's extra points.

It can't suck, though!

Thanks for any help!

~Andrew

Polkat

Well, there's "King Of The Gypsys" with Grappelli and David Grisman. "Cold Mountain" had some interesting fiddling in it. And there was the Meryl Streep movie about the violin teacher "Song of the Heart" or something like that. Now that I think about it, haven't seen any swing jazz violin films!

Guillaume

Not swing, but violin and French all the way: Un Coeur en Hiver
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105682/

Polkat

How could I forget Latchodrom (spelling?)! Great stuff by the Schmitts.

Quadropenta

There are two DVDs of Svend Asmussen
Both feature excellent playing:
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss? ... d+asmussen