Type of bind: DVD
EAN num: 0653727913995
Format: NTSC
Label: Electronic Music Foundation/Ballet mécanique Proj.
Manufacturer: Electronic Music Foundation/Ballet mécanique Proj.
Model: EMF DVD 060
Quantity: 2
Printing Date: 2006
Publishing house: Electronic Music Foundation/Ballet mécanique Proj.
Release Date: April 06, 2006
Running Time: 183 minutes
Sale Popularity Level: 78669
Studio: Electronic Music Foundation/Ballet mécanique Proj.
Theatrical Release Date: 2006
Features:- Deluxe 2-DVD set
- Complete concert performance of teh Ballet mécanique
- Interviews with friends and students of George Antheil
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This 2-DVD set about George Antheil includes the award-winning documentary film by Ron Frank and Paul D. Lehrman plus extended interviews with friends of Antheil featured in the film, the complete very first concert performance of the original orchestration of Ballet Mecanique, and the 1925 Leger/Murphy film Ballet Mecanique with the newly-realized 16-player-piano version of Antheil's score. A 'must-have' for any avant garde music enthusiast!
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Last weekend I had the honor to view the final cut of a film at the Doc Kountze Film Festival called Bad Boy Made Good. This film brought to life a piece of music that, when it was created in the 1920's, was ahead of its time. What the composer, George Antheil, had in mind when he created Ballet Mecanique, was not possible to deliver to audiences until the 1990s. The work is a composition which includes the following instruments: two grand pianos, three xylophones, four bass drums, and a tam-tam, 16 synchronized player pianos, sirens, bells and 3 airplane propellers. I sh** you not. It is truly a spectacle, er, spectacular piece.
This documentary includes the evolution of the project as well as the evolution of the life of George Antheil. I don't think that I can describe this with any justice, but because this topic was so far outside of my circle of knowledge, I was completely riveted by this film. I was surprised at what an important part of contemporary musical history (something that we don't hear much about in mainstream channels save for Aaron Copeland) that I felt genuinely enlightened. George's life (I feel so connected that I can call him by his very first name) held a lot of the same struggles musicians have yesterday and maybe even on a grander scale because of his ingeniousness. Every musician should see this film for obvious reasons and everyone else should catch a glimpse just to be inspired.
Two thumbs up!
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