The Handmaid's Tale

[Machine Translation] Based on the novel by Margaret Atwood, the dystopian film "The Handmaid's Tale" (1990) was directed by Volker Schlondorff ("The Tin Drum") and written by Harold Pinter. In the near future, when infertility is widespread due to environmental pollution, women of childbearing potential are assigned to the ruling class as "handmaidens" in the Republic of Gilead, which is ruled by right-wing fundamentalists. The protagonist, Kate, loses her family and is assigned to Commander Fred's household, but through secret relationships and love, her thirst for freedom grows stronger. Ryuichi Sakamoto composed the music for this stunning work, whose career spans from YMO to film music, and whose score was originally released in the form of a lengthy suite at a time when CDs were still in their infancy. Now it is being re-released as a remastered recording. Imported.

1990年公開の映画『侍女の物語』は、マーガレット・アトウッドの小説を原作に、『ブリキの太鼓』のヴォルカー・シュレンドルフ監督、ハロルド・ピンター脚本で描かれるディストピア作品である。環境汚染により不妊が蔓延した近未来、右派原理主義者が支配する＜ギレアデ共和国＞では、出産可能な女性は"侍女"として支配階級に割り当てられる。主人公ケイトは家族を失い司令官フレッドの家に配属されるが、密かな人間関係と恋を通じて自由への渇望を強めていく。この衝撃的な作品の音楽は坂本龍一が担当。YMOから映画音楽まで幅広いキャリアを持つ彼のスコアは、当時のまだCD創世記に長大な組曲形式で発売された。今回リマスター音源として再リリースされる。輸入盤。