Empires of Tin - Live at the Viennale 2007

Evening's Civil Twilight in Empires of Tin, "a reflection on the edges of Empire and the Doppler effects of history", is filmmaker Jem Cohen's special project for the Viennale International Film Festival. Vic Chesnutt, Silver Mt. Zion, Guy Picciotto of Fugazi, T. Griffin and Catherine McRae create a live soundtrack for Cohen's film, which explores parallels between the decline of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and modern-day U.S.A., accompanied by Bobby Sommer's live readings from Joseph Roth's "Radetsky-March" and "The Capuchin Crypt".

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Film & Animation

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• film
• live
• soundtrack
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• post-rock
• electronica
• ambient
• songwriter
• empire
• austro-hungarian
• US
• war
• death
• poverty
• verdun
• anti-war
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• mt.
• zion
• vic
• chesnutt
• guy
• picciotto
• joseph
• roth
• radetsky
• march
• capuchin
• crypt

[gravelyma]

Thank you for posting this! However, I need to point out that Guy Picciotto was actually in Fugazi, not Rage Against The Machine.

[afterbabel]

thank you, i've corrected that :)

[roudi001]

Das ist wirklich großartig- danke!!!

[thatgirlinnewyork]

rest in peace, vic. you shall never know what profound beauty and pleasure we found in your work. many thanks to jem cohen for helping us know him.

[gravelyma]

Thanks again for this amazing footage! :)