Russell floats through matt wolfs touching, moody documentary wild combination like a ghost who seems to belong on a more ethereal plane. A massively influential artist not justly understood in his lifetime, arthur russell has been widely recognized in recent years with various compilations, an indepth documentary movie, wild combination. A portrait of arthur russell arthur russells voice is simultaneously otherworldly and achingly human. A portrait of arthur russell recently came out on dvd, and the more i discover about the artist and delve into his music, the more im fascinated by him.
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A portrait of arthur russell by emily moore 01 october 2008, 09. The film blends archival footage with illuminating interview segments featuring some of russells colleagues and most notable collaborators, including poet allen ginsberg, composer philip glass and. Thats us before we got there thats morning time before we got there i just want to be wherever you are hard as i can be, its never too hard with this. Arthur russell and the downtown music scene, 1973 92 is recommended, as is the previously mentioned documentary wild combination. Rosie swash examines the unusually marvellous arthur russell. Wild combination a portrait of arthur russell watch onlinegolkes. In 1979, arthur wrote and produced kiss me again, under the name dinosaur. A portrait of arthur russell, wolfs highly assured debut feature, is a biographical documentary about russell, the late celloplaying disco pioneer and avante garde musician whose work was relatively unknown during his lifetime but now, 15 years after his death from aids, has attained cult status. A portrait of arthur russell, about the late avantgarde cellist and disco producer. You did it yourself, a previouslyunreleased arthur russell single, is now available online. A portrait of arthur russell, matt wolfs film, which had its world premiere this year at the berlin international film festival and will be released theatrically and on dvd this fall by plexifilm. Arthur russell, taken from the album calling out of context. A portrait of arthur russell stars the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 10 min, and received a score of out of 100 on metacritic, which collated.
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Apr 07, 2014 wild combination is director matt wolfs visually absorbing portrait of the seminal avantgarde composer, singersongwriter, cellist, and disco producer arthur russell. Following his death, several albums of his various unheard recordings were compiled and released, including the world of arthur russell 2004 and calling out of context 2004. Arthur russell press publicity portrait photograph. This was followed by is it all over my face by loose joints, released in 1980. Dinosaur l go bang thank you arthur edit quando quango atom rock remix koushik be with. Oct 05, 2019 you did it yourself, a previouslyunreleased arthur russell single, is now available online. Arthur russell may 21, 1951 april 4, 1992 was an american cellist and composer from iowa. Before his untimely death from aids in 1992, arthur prolifically created music that spanned both pop and the transcendent possibilities of abstract art. The film blends archival footage with illuminating. Mar 16, 2018 wild combination a portrait of arthur russell bowerbird is excited to present a screening of wild combination, director matt wolfs visually absorbing portrait of the seminal avantgarde composer, singersongwriter, cellist, and disco producer arthur russell.
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