Product Description
Documentary following the celebrated record producer and label owner Manfred Eicher as he tours the world to visit various artists he represents. Eicher set up the influential German record label ECM (Edition of Contemporary Music) in 1969 to promote to others the music he most enjoyed. Swiss filmmakers Peter Guyer and Norbert Wiedmer followed Eicher for a period of five years to a number of countries to provide an exhaustive document of a man and his love for music.
Review
"The film fascinates most when it makes the process of creating music visible and audible... There can hardly be a better choice for those who regard film as a school of listening." -- Wolfgang Sandner, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
"An immensely fascinating, colorful film about passion, patience and sympathetic listening" -- Wolfram Schütte, Hof Film Festival
"It does not take long until the viewer realizes what the camera is meant to capture here: not the protagonists but the music." -- Thomas Steinfeld, Süddeutche Zeitung
"`Sounds and Silence' is an unusual experiment, an ambitious attempt to decode the language of music. The result is a highly original fusion of concert feature, artist's portrait, episodic film and road movie." -- Kai Löffler, WDR 3
- Aspect Ratio : 1.66:1
- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- MPAA rating : NR (Not Rated)
- Product Dimensions : 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 2.72 ounces
- Director : Norbert Wiedmer, Peter Guyer
- Media Format : Multiple Formats, Color, NTSC
- Run time : 1 hour and 28 minutes
- Release date : September 13, 2011
- Actors : Manfred Eicher, Arvo Pärt, Eleni Karaindrou, Dino Saluzzi, Anja Lechner
- Subtitles: : English, German, French
- Language : English (Dolby Digital 5.1)
- Studio : Uni Dist Corp (Music)
- Number of discs : 1
