A film by Nicolas Humbert and Werner Prenzel. In English with German subtitles.

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In this film two forms of artis­tic expres­si­on, impro­vi­sed music and cine­ma direct, are inter­re­la­ted. In both forms it is the moment that counts, the intui­ti­ve sen­se for what is hap­pe­ning in a space. Music and film come into exis­tence out of an inten­se per­cep­ti­on of the moment, not from the trans­for­ma­ti­on of a preor­da­i­ned plan. In impro­vi­sa­ti­on the plan is reve­a­led only at the end. One finds it. The other con­nec­tion con­cerns the work method: the film team as band. Much as musi­ci­ans com­mu­ni­ca­te via the music, our work, too, was rea­li­zed within a very small and fle­xi­ble team of equ­als. What mat­te­red was exch­an­ge. And move­ment. Sometimes we star­ted film­ing in the midd­le of the night, respon­ding to a new idea that had ari­sen only minu­tes befo­re. We had a fun­da­men­tal fee­ling for what we wan­ted to do, for what kind of film this should be. And we fol­lo­wed that fee­ling. It was all very instinctive.

Credits:

CH/DE 1989, 90 Min., engl. OmU,
Regie: Nicolas Humbert, Werner Prenzel
Kamera: Oscar Salgado
mit den Musiker*innen: Fred Frith, Iva Bittova, Tom Cora, Pavel Fajt, Eitetsu Hayashi, Zeena Parkins, Tim Hodgekison, Arto Lindsey, Bob Ostertag, John Zorn u.v.a.

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