Pocket cinema: Documentaries about Einstürzende Neubauten
Well, among many really good documentaries I blogged about in Pocket cinema and Body cinema section, a series of dox films on Einstürzende Neubauten certainly belongs here.
Here we have ‘Einstürzende Neubauten – Traumfestival’ (2003) by filmmakers Dichar and Ste van Holm , ‘Einstürzende Neubauten’ (2005) Documentary in the production of AB Brussels Dominofestival, ‘Blixa Bargeld – Das Letzte Biest Am Himmel – Mein Leben’ (2008), Directed by Birgit Herdlitschke in the production of ZDF & Arte.
Photo above: Einstürzende Neubauten (c)
Photo bellow: cover from LP Kollaps, Einstürzende Neubauten (c)
Body cinema: Eadweard Muybridge – vintage body mapping
Eadweard Muybridge‘s vision never stops to tickle artists and scientists. No matter of what professions they are: animators, filmmakers, photographers or dancers. Every serious study on movements, motion and locomotions simply starts with his work.
A true master in landscape photography, Muybridge has managed to capture the most trickiest landscape on Earth, and that’s the body in motion.
Pocket cinema: documentaries on John Cage
I’ve dug out few documentaries about composer and artist John Cage covering his life and music, I think most people would find highly recomendable… Needless to say in what amount Cage has influenced contemporary music scene, media art and, of course, modern dance.
… and these films are John Cage: I Have Nothing to Say and I Am Saying It (1990) by Allan Miller, Peter Greenway: ‘Four American Composers (1983) – John Cage, The Making of One11 by Henning Lohner (1992), Opus 20 Modern Masterworks: John Cage by Klaus Lindemann (2006) and John Cage: In Love with Another Sound (1992) by Miroslav Sebestik.
John Cage
Pocket cinema: Documentary films on dubstep
Dubstep is certainly one the most exciting music genres that has been produced on the music scene in the last decade… Burial is my favorite, no doubt… Therefore, I’ve dug around the web for some documentaries that cover dubstep, and here they are: Dubstep (2006), ‘Dubfiles – Dubstep Documentary’ (2008), ‘Dubbed Out In Bristol’ (2009) and ‘Living Inside The Speaker’ (2010).
Illustration taken from boomkat.com (c)