Blu-ray disc release of the acclaimed documentary film which won the Berner Film Prize 2009 and is nominated for the Swiss Film Prize. It follows ECM producer Manfred Eicher to sessions, concerts and festivals around the globe, the search for sounds leading from Gräfelfing to Athens, from Udine to Carthage, from Tallinn to Pernes-les-Fontaines, from Copenhagen to Salta, Argentina. Featured musicians include Arvo Pärt, Eleni Karaindrou, Dino Saluzzi, Anja Lechner, Jan Garbarek, Kin Kashkashian, Nik Bärtsch, Gianluigi Trovesi, Anouar Brahem, Marilyn Mazur and more.
Anyone interested in the consistently rewarding music available on the
ECM label is sure to enjoy this Swiss doc on music producer Manfred
Eicher. Directors Peter Guyer and Norbert Wiedmer provide elegant,
richly evocative images and a subtly arranged impressionist narrative
that deals revealingly with the practicalities, the philosophies and the
many wondrous joys of musicmaking. Time Out
DVD NTSC, 16:9 (anamorph), Region Code: 0 (world wide), Multi-lingual original version, Dolby Digital 5.1 and 2.0, Subtitles German, English, French, 87 min. |