π 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 quartetβs 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.
π Languages Available:
English
,
German
π Date Released:
1996-10-17
β Running Time:
81 mins
β Vote Average:
5.7
Beloved Cast
Himself
Karlheinz Stockhausen
Self
Irvine Arditti
Self
Graeme Jennings
Self
Garth Knox
Self
Rohan de Saram