FOCUS: ARCHITECTS OF THE AVANT-GARDE • Director Peter Esmonde takes us into the mind of a musical iconoclast, Trimpin, the sole name of a German composer-engineer lured to the United States by the "high junk" he found in its junkyards. From that refuse, this consummate tinkerer constructs gigantic instruments—artworks in their own right—that recalibrate our ears with unanticipated syncopations and ethereal sound environments sometimes based on streams of seismic data. In an often hilarious collaboration, members of the musically omnivorous Kronos Quartet worry their traditional instruments may not survive his marvelous machines. But perhaps that's the point. The strangeness of Trimpin and the beauty of his music are among those rare pleasures that can't be analyzed, historicized or reduced to our normal categories. Beautifully shot and edited, Esmonde's film is enchantment for eyes and ears. —Alan Snitow
Running time: 79 Country: US Category: Valley of the Docs Directed by: Peter Esmonde Producer: Peter Esmonde Cinematographer: Peter Esmonde Editor: Rick Tejada-Flores
Ticket Code: TRIM16R
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Screening:
Fri. Oct 16th, 2009 @ 9:00 PM - Smith Rafael Film Center, San Rafael CA
This film has gone to RUSH. If seats become available, they will be sold to patrons in the RUSH line on a first come, first served basis. Cash only, no discounts.
