On Tue, 30 Jul 2002 02:36:47 EDT Fastian@aol.com wrote:
I saw the film "Rivers And Tides" a couple of weeks ago. Its a documentary about Andy Goldsworthy, the Scottish artist who creates pieces using materials he finds on his walks in nature: stone, wood, ice, whatever. He usually creates works that will change over time. Usually his only document of them is his photographs, but this film uses a lot of time lapse filming that helps to illustrate the changes. The visuals are beautiful and his descriptions and stories are very interesting. The soundtrack was by Fred Frith. At times atmospheric( kind of in the "Clearing" vein), and other times the music was Eastern European sounding. The other musicians in the group were unfamiliar to me but had Eastern European sounding names. I wonder if the soundtrack is going to be released? Anyone else see these films? Cheers,
I saw the movie tonight, and really enjoyed it. I wasn't familiar with the artist, and I found his work, and his way of working, intriguing and evocative, both when it worked and when it didn't (several structures collapsed while being built). I wish the stuff didn't remind me so much of The Blair Witch Project, but that's my problem, not theirs. The music was well done, though I found the mix kind of heavy handed at points. I suspect, however, that that happened when the film sound was mixed, not in the composing. I also think that I would have taken quite a different angle on music for Goldsworthy's art, but they didn't ask me :-) -- | josephzitt@josephzitt.com http://www.josephzitt.com/ | | http://www.metatronpress.com/jzitt/ http://www.mp3.com/josephzitt/ | | == New book: Surprise Me with Beauty: the Music of Human Systems == | | Comma / Gray Code Silence: the John Cage Discussion List |