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"Always armed with wisecracks, umbrella, and a bowler hat, Erik Satie was not only on the outside one of the strangest figures in the early 20th century French avant-garde; he was a composer, designer, church founder, PR pioneer, and master of witty remarks. In playful episodes, the documentary...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: GrauSchumacher Piano Duo (Instrumentalist)
Other Authors: Peitz, Anne-Kathrin (Screenwriter), Tabakov, Youlian, 1975- (Costume designer), Satie, Erik, 1866-1925 (composer (expression)), Cocteau, Jean, 1889-1963 (on-screen participant.), Man Ray, 1890-1976 (on-screen participant.), Sauguet, Henri, 1901-1989 (on-screen participant.), Auric, Georges, 1899-1983 (on-screen participant.), Bertin, Pierre, 1891-1984 (on-screen participant.), Thomson, Virgil, 1896-1989 (on-screen participant.), Eydmann, Maria (Instrumentalist), Schleiermacher, Steffen (Instrumentalist)
Format: Video DVD
Language:French
English
Language Notes:In French and English with optional English, French, German, Japanese, and Korean subtitles.
Published: [Leipzig, Germany] : Accentus Music, [2015]
Subjects:
Satie, Erik, > 1866-1925.
Composers > France > Biography.
Art, Modern.
Composers.
France.
Biographical films.
Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.
Feature films.
Biography.
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Summary:"Always armed with wisecracks, umbrella, and a bowler hat, Erik Satie was not only on the outside one of the strangest figures in the early 20th century French avant-garde; he was a composer, designer, church founder, PR pioneer, and master of witty remarks. In playful episodes, the documentary iIlluminates the overall phenomenon of Satie. His countless imaginary advertisements evolve into real commercials, and his drawings take on a life of their own as cartoons. Divas, dogs, puppets, and children, as well as pianists playing pianos stacked on top of each other are featured in scenic interludes, while performers turn into "musical furniture" in swimming pools, factories, or at train stations. Interwoven with accounts by Satie's associates and music experts, the film offers a unique insight into Satie's cosmos of word and sound"--Container.
Item Description:Special feature: music by Erik Satie (La belle excentrique; Valse du chocolat aux amades & Ce que dit la petite Princesse des tulipes; Nocturne number 4; Stock market report à la Satie (in English or German)).
Physical Description:1 videodisc (56 min., 22 sec.) : DVD video, sound, color, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (12 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 18 cm)
Playing Time:00:56:22
Format:DVD, NTSC, region 0; widescreen (16:9 aspect ratio); PCM stereo, Dolby digital 5.1, DTS 5.1.
Production Credits:Editing, Steffen Herrmann ; camera, Adam Nilsson, Stephan Boerger.