Holding her breath, the room listened to Ibrahim Maalouf and put himself in the rhythm of the film to accompany the breath of images. Bet won! Jazz + silent film, what a pretty alliance, what a sweet way to bring back to us the silent mystery of cinema from another era.
The film of René Clair can be seen without accompanying music. The music of Ibrahim Maalouf can be listened to alone, without images. But the meeting of the two creates an incredible ensemble, a kind of telescoping unreleased, a live spectacle very moving because the music in a sense interprets the film, prolongs it, uncovers the rhythm, i.e. the montage. That evening, the spectator had the very rare feeling of living the film.
By respecting the rhythm of La Proie du vent, Ibrahim Maalouf is showing his freedom. Listening to his music, one senses the pleasure he takes in escaping, playing hooky, adding an oriental tone to the film, as if to accompany René Clair's images even further, towards unknown lands. Ibrahim Maalouf is not afraid to be melancholic, cheerful and fast, in short to be modern. And it is this musical modernity that breathes life into La Proie du vent. Pochette et disques sont super