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Film Tips
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Toke Constantin Hebbeln's film "NimmerMeer" has won a student academy award in the category "Best Foreign Film". The film uses lyrical images to recount a fantastic parable about the coming of age and the power of dreams and was made in collaboration with Frisbeefilms. |
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Alfred Hitchcock was a film maker with a rule of precursor in cinema, either in technics or in language . Johan Grimonprez chose to celebrate the Master of thriller and at thesame time to investigate about the rule of the look-alike incontemporary culture.
Shot amongst the atmospheric interiors of the Palais des Beaux Arts in Brussels, and making the most of the distinctive architecture of this unique location, Grimonprez’s cinematic twists and turns echo the trademark manner of the Master of Suspense but at the same time radiate a quiet and beguiling surrealism reminiscent of that other great modernist master, Rene Magritte. Watch a snippet under this link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWjR22IliuE .
Grimonprez achieved international acclaim with his video collage, Dial H-I-S-T-O-R-Y. With its premiere at Centre Pompidou and Documenta X in Kassel in 1997, it eerily foreshadowed the events of September 11th. Watch the whole film Dial H-I-S-T-O-R-Y (1998) here... http://www.ubu.com/film/grimonprez_dial.html A special site by Grimonprez is Zapomatik . Find infos about Johan Grimonprez here . Additional infos here . |
Music Tips
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Born in Vienna, Josef Erich Zawinul is credited with bringing the electric piano, as well as African and Middle Eastern rhythms, to mainstream jazz. There was no piano at home, but the young Joe studied piano, violin and clarinet at the Vienna Conservatory, where he was given a free place at the age of seven |
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