Four American Composers: Philip Glass (1983)
Género : Documental, Música
Tiempo de ejecución : 51M
Director : Peter Greenaway
Sinopsis
A television documentary produced for British Television directed by Peter Greenaway about Phillip Glass that is a recording of a performance of the Phillip Glass Ensemble in 1983 with interviews that go in depth of his style and music theory of his signature minimal sound.
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In order to stop a vampire from terrorizing the countryside, some locals decide to break into his coffin at night and steal his ashes. Complications ensue.
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El Dr. Caronte y su grupo de científicos locos construyen una bomba de neutrones con la que intentan chantajear al mundo libre para obtener el poder global. Pero aparece el héroe, Neutrón, que, con ayuda del Dr. Thomas y la reportera Nora, echan a perder tales planes.
Slice-of-life look at class divisions among employees of a brokerage house. Alan, with his portrait of the Queen and love of the peerage; his wife April, who raises cats; youthful and pretentious friends Nigel, Giles, and Anthony, who gather for a wine-soaked dinner party with the chatty and risque Samantha and the mousy Caroline; the plummy Lord and Lady Crouchurst, in a spot of bother needing the help of Francis, a senior partner, to assist with the family's cash flow. Alan comes home from work to find Mr. Shakespeare doing a photo shoot of one of April's cats and a wealthy stranger, Miss Hunt, waiting to purchase one. His instincts for sycophantic palaver kick in.
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Martin Steckert, harto de estar durante años en prisión, sueña con volver a experimentar la sensación de libertad que sentía en su infancia. Lejos de la celda de Steckert, en un pueblo de Ontario, un niño llamado Martin vive una normal, pero solitaria existencia. A primera vista, ninguno de los dos tiene nada en común, excepto el nombre. Un buen día, Steckert escapa de la cárcel, toma a Martin como rehén, y se dirige a un apartado lugar junto a un lago donde solía disfrutar de pequeño. Esta experiencia será el inicio de una amistad, proporcionando a cada uno la libertad y la aventura de la que están tan necesitados.
Modulations se basa en una de las facetas más olvidadas de la electrónica: el elemento humano. Lee viaja por el mundo, desde América pasando por Europa y Japon con la intención de mostrar que la música electrónica tiene alma. Modulations enseña que incluso tras las composiciones más extrañas y alienígenas hay una condición humana.
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