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interview lynn fainchtein
—You have also produced films. Would
you do it again
I produced ¿Y tú Cuánto Cuestas [So,
what’s your price Olallo Rubio, 2007]. Now
I’m working in the production of a film with
cartoons by Jis and Trino [Mexican cartoonists].
We’re about to start.
—Do you like any genre of music in
particular
I really like cumbia, black music, R&B, regional
Mexican music. I’m a big fan of tambora
music [a musical genre from northern
Mexico], groups like K Paz de la Sierra and
Horóscopos de Durango. I’m also a big fan
of bolero. I like music generally, except
country.
—How much music do you have on your
computer
About 85,000 tracks… Not that much.
—Do you have an MP3 player
Yes. I make a playlist every month. I listen to
music from that playlist as I walk every day.
I never fill up my MP3 player as I also use it
for work and to carry around the playlists for
films I’m working on.
—Do you still buy records
Yes, of course, especially box sets of things I
like. I’ve just bought a box set of The Beatles
and one of Andrés Calamaro. I also buy records
that I really like after listening to them
on the net.
—What record do you listen to the most
I always listen to Ryuichi Sakamoto when
The Dynamic Duo
I’m traveling. It’s now the music I always
take with me. I listen to Sakamoto when I
want to feel the music rather than think or
work with it.
—How many records do you have
I don’t know, because I gave away lots of LPs.
Sometimes it hurts getting rid of them. I also
tend to accumulate stuff that I don’t listen to. n
Jis (José Ignacio Solórzano) and Trino (José Trinidad Camacho) are both
from Guadalajara, Jalisco. They joined the local avant-garde punk/performance/
visual art scene of the 1980s before starting professional careers as cartoonists
with the weekly fully page strip El Santos contra la Tetona Mendoza in the Mexico
City daily La Jornada, in 1989. The strip –now collected in three volumes from
Editorial La Jornada– ended in 1997 but has been followed by others made both
by the team and by each one individually. These new strips have appeared in
several Mexican newspapers and humor magazines, as well as in new collections
of their work. Trino’s animated cartoons and videos have also appeared on
television.
Jis and Trino became famous due to their character “El Santos,” their very
own unrefined and cynical version of “El Santo,” one of the most famous
Mexican luchadores (wrestlers).
Lynn Fainchtein is currently producing a film based on this “dynamic duo’s”
creations.
Good Selection
Lynn Fainchtein has been musical supervisor for several
internationally awarded films. Among them:
Director
2009
2008
2008
I Just Want to Walk
Agustín Díaz Yanes
2007
Precious
Lee Daniels
Don’t Let Me Drown
Cruz Angeles
Without Name
Cary Fukunaga
Tear Up My Life
Roberto Sneider
I’m Gonna Explode
Gerardo Naranjo
Cochochi
Israel Cárdenas
Under The Same Moon
Patricia Riggen
2006
Babel
Alejandro González Iñárritu
2004
Maria Full of Grace
Joshua Marston
Paraiso Travel
Simon Brand
Sleep Dealer
Alex Rivera
2000
Love Dogs
Alejandro González Iñárritu