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Absolute Wilson chronicles the epic life, times and creative genius of R...
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Absolute Wilson chronicles the epic life, times and creative genius of Robert Wilson, intimately revealing for the first time one of the most controversial, rule-breaking and downright mysterious artists of our era. More than a biography, the film becomes an exhilarating exploration of the transformative power of creativity itself - and the inspirational tale of a boy who grew up as a troubled and learning-disabled outsider in the American South only to become a fearless artist with a profoundly original perspective to share with the world. The probing yet playful narrative reveals the deep inter-connections between Wilson's childhood experiences and the haunting beauty of his monumental works, which include the theatrical sensations "Deafman Glance," "Einstein on the Beach" and "The CIVIL WarS." Along the way, the film introduces an array of admirers, friends and critics -- ranging from musician David Byrne to the late writer Susan Sontag to composer Phillip Glass and singer Jessye Norman, among others - who add insight as the film peels back layer after layer to get to a raw, forthcoming and uniquely moving view of how Wilson's work emerged from an extraordinary life and a ceaseless yearning to communicate.
Material owned by and directed by Katharina Otto-Bernstein
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Deafman Glance
Robert Wilson
1981, 26:53 min, color, sound
This haunting w...
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Deafman Glance
Robert Wilson
1981, 26:53 min, color, sound
This haunting work for television has been excerpted and adapted from Wilson's five-hour "silent opera" of the same title. Wilson tells a stark and stylized story of murder, using time and space, light and movement, and isolated sound in place of spoken words. The ritualistic action, which moves from a spartan kitchen through the silent halls, stairways and rooms of a lonely house, is both dreamlike and sinister. A somber, menacing woman washes white dishes and a gleaming carving knife, pours milk into a glass, and then slowly attacks first one young boy and then another. Not a word of dialogue is uttered. Suggesting the disparate worlds of both ancient Greek tragedy and contemporary tabloid headlines, Deafman Glance harbors paradox: The events are terrifying but not violent; characters are both real and symbols of reality; pacing reduces action to abstraction; and morality and mortality are ambiguous.
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Beautiful and funny, a delightful song by Antonio Russolo 1896-1942) us...
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Beautiful and funny, a delightful song by Antonio Russolo 1896-1942) using his brother Luigi's intonarumori who actually wrote the notation for those instruments in this particular song. That means it was composed by both Antonio and Luigi Russolo.
The instruments used for this concert were rebuild by Bruno Boccato according to the original scetches by his uncle Luigi Russolo. The intonarumori are:
1) ululatore/gorgogliatore
2) scoppiatore/gracidatore
3)ronzatore/crepitatore
This is a rare live recording taken from a private LP. The film clips are taken from leger's Ballet Mecanique (1924).
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Deafman Glance
Robert Wilson
1981, 26:53 min, color, sound
This haunting w...
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Deafman Glance
Robert Wilson
1981, 26:53 min, color, sound
This haunting work for television has been excerpted and adapted from Wilson's five-hour "silent opera" of the same title. Wilson tells a stark and stylized story of murder, using time and space, light and movement, and isolated sound in place of spoken words. The ritualistic action, which moves from a spartan kitchen through the silent halls, stairways and rooms of a lonely house, is both dreamlike and sinister. A somber, menacing woman washes white dishes and a gleaming carving knife, pours milk into a glass, and then slowly attacks first one young boy and then another. Not a word of dialogue is uttered. Suggesting the disparate worlds of both ancient Greek tragedy and contemporary tabloid headlines, Deafman Glance harbors paradox: The events are terrifying but not violent; characters are both real and symbols of reality; pacing reduces action to abstraction; and morality and mortality are ambiguous.
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