Attrazione d'Amore is a touching illustration of the unique relation that has developed between the Conductor Riccardo Chailly and his famous Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Voyage to Cythera navigates through wonderful musical quotes made of performances conducted by Berio, rehearsals, archival documents and interviews featuring Riccardo Chailly and Louis Andriessen.
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A child is confronted with the (ever young) old age of the world, its hazards, its cinema and music, shot in seven days in Rome, Fiumicino, Ciampino and Cineccità. What will happen on July 12, 1995, in Rome ? What will become of July 12, 1995, in Rome ?
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French essay film focusing on global political turmoil in the 1960s and '70s, particularly the rise of the New Left in France and the development of socialist movements in Latin America.
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An essay parable, part documentary part fiction, on the desire for a leader, anchored in Brecht’s 1935 poem A Worker Reads History.
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Penthesilea, the first of six films made by Laura Mulvey and Peter Wollen, traverses thousands of years to look at the image of the Amazonian woman in myth. It asks, among other questions, is the Amazonian woman a rare strong female image or is she a figure derived from male phantasy? The film explores the complexities of such questions, but does not seek any concrete answers.
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A documentary on China, concentrating mainly on the faces of the people, filmed in the areas they were allowed to visit. The 220 minute version consists of three parts. The first part, taken around Beijing, includes a cotton factory, older sections of the city, and a clinic where a Cesarean operation is performed, using acupuncture. The middle part visits the Red Flag canal and a collective farm in Henan, as well as the old city of Suzhou. The final part shows the port and industries of Shanghai, and ends with a stage presentation by Chinese acrobats.
C'è musica e musica (There is music and music), was a documentary written and hosted by Luciano Berio in 1972 for the RAI Italian National Television. The documentary was made by ten 40 minutes episodes, and tried to get the italian audience closer to the music world. This extraordinary document includes interviews with the most important composers of the XX Century like: John Cage, Bruno Maderna, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Luigi Nono, Pierre Schaeffer, Christof Penderecki, Iannis Xenakis, Gyorgy Ligeti, Henry Pousseur, Morton Subotnick, Leonard Bernstein, Aaron Copland, Milton Babbitt, Michael Tippett, Cornelius Cardew, Olivier Messiaen, Pierre Boulez, Luigi Dallapiccola, Pietro Grossi,… and many more!
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Vinko Globakar, a virtuoso trombonist, plays on a stage, alone, Luciano Berio's Sequenza for Trombone.
