{"id":6435,"date":"2013-12-15T17:30:05","date_gmt":"2013-12-15T17:30:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jwfan.com\/?p=6435"},"modified":"2013-12-15T17:31:36","modified_gmt":"2013-12-15T17:31:36","slug":"eye-on-the-oscars-composers-sound-off-john-williams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jwfan.com\/?p=6435","title":{"rendered":"‘Eye on the Oscars: Composers Sound Off – John Williams’"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cWhen I read The Book Thief<\/em>, I jumped at the chance to do it,\u201d says Williams, 81, who won two of his five Oscars for films about children (E.T.<\/em>) and the Holocaust (Schindler’s List<\/em>). \u201cWhat I found very powerful was the idea that this girl’s life could be saved by her passion for letters and for literature. It was a chamber piece for actors, beautifully managed by Brian, almost like a Brahms quintet.\u201d – Full interview at Variety<\/a><\/p>\n