Film
Helicopter String Quartet
1996 · 1h 21m · Documentary · Music
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Overview
One morning, the late Karlheinz Stockhausen awoke from a dream that told him to take to the sky. Stockhausen envisioned four helicopters swirling in the clouds, with each of a quartet’s members tucked inside his own chopper, communicating through headsets, stringing away in sync to the rotor-blade motors. He immediately set forth to make that dream a reality. In 1995, Dutch film director Scheffer followed Stockhausen in the days leading up to the premiere performance of his Helicopter String Quartet in Amsterdam. The resulting film offers a rare glimpse of Stockhausen as he patiently dictates every agonizingly detailed measure to the Arditti Quartet.
Cast
Crew
- Frank SchefferDirector · Producer · Writer
- Ton Van Der LeeProducer
- René van der EijkDirector of Photography
- Joost van GelderDirector of Photography
- Roelf-Jan WentholtDirector of Photography
- Jan Wouter van ReijenEditor
Media
Details
- Release date
- October 17, 1996
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- German
- Runtime
- 1h 21m
- Genres
- Documentary, Music
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