Can we have a symphony for the deaf? Can you hear music without the sense of hearing? Inspired by a true story, Maurice’s Symphony is a new film that tells the story of Maurice Matters who loses his hearing in an industrial accident and then, through a revolutionary procedure, prepares to enjoy his love of classical music once more. It’s been made by a cast of many passionate people, lead by Alex Nakone and Andrei Gostin.
We discuss
- How the story came into Alex’s world via a patient, Ross Martin and his history with otosclerosis
- Why steampunk and what is steampunk
- How did you get this cast of actors and crew, including Nicholas Hope
- What is happening to community TV station 44
Suggested Tweet text: Maurice’s Symphony by 2 #Adelaide #filmmakers is a #steampunk story about overcoming #deafness.
Also appearing in the Symphony For The Deaf episode
In the musical pilgrimage, we’ll hear from Leigh O’Donohue
We now have a shop at Red Bubble.
The SA Drink Of The Week is … The Gambit 2013 Sangiovese
In IS IT NEWS, Nigel tests us on films in Adelaide.
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| TIME | SEGMENT |
| 00:00:00 | Outtake |
| It’s a gamey wine | |
| 00:00:26 | Theme |
| Theme and introduction. Our original theme song in full is here, Adelaidey-hoo. | |
| 00:02:36 | SA Drink Of The Week |
| The Pawn Wine Company 2013 The Gambit Sangiovese … tasting notes | |
| 00:10:19 | Items Without Notice |
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We now have a shop. Buy some great merchandise to support podcast hosting fees and Steve’s daughters who have produced the artwork. The Adelaide Show Podcast online shop. Alex Nakone gives us a wine challenge experience with a superb wine chose by former podcast guest, John Swanson from Melbourne Street Cellars. You can relive John’s appearance here. |
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| 00:23:28 | Alex Nakone and Andrei Gostin |
| Can we have a symphony for the deaf? Can you hear music without the sense of hearing? Inspired by a true story, Maurice’s Symphony is a new film that tells the story of Maurice Matters who loses his hearing in an industrial accident and then, through a revolutionary procedure, prepares to enjoy his love of classical music once more. It’s been made by a cast of many passionate people, lead by Alex Nakone and Andrei Gostin. | |
| 01:37:11 | Is It News? |
| The news history quiz with Nigel Dobson-Keeffe. Read the stories. They get published each Sunday. | |
| 00:00:00 | Adelaide Visa Council |
| No case this week. | |
| 01:56:13 | Musical Pilgrimage |
| And our song this week is Shame by Leigh O’Donohue, selected by our musical curator Dan Drummond. | |
| 02:06:53 | Outtake |
| You’ve got short little vowels … Nigel claps | |
Here is this week’s preview video:
The official Maurice’s Symphony trailer:
SFX: Throughout the podcast we use free sfx from freesfx.co.uk for the harp, the visa stamp, the silent movie music, the stylus, the radio signal sfx, the wine pouring and cork pulling sfx, and the swooshes around Siri.