After Life in Loops: the Megacities Remix, Timo Novotny dives into the urban underworld and explores the magic of some of the most emblematic subways of the world, like New York, Los Angeles, Hong Kong, Tokyo and Moscow, beginning and ending in Vienna. A cosmopolitan experience of hubs and tube corridors, inhabited everyday by citizens who are part of each other’s lives briefly, opposed to surface agitation. But in this visual essay, the subway is more than a public transport.
The fifth title of the second series “Musicbox Club Docs” is dedicated to Diabo na Cruz.
Peter Whitehead shows the legendary Rolling Stones on and off stage during their tour of Ireland in 1965. It is celebrated here a younger version, ambitious, their golden years in the opinion of many. A stage before celebrity and a collection of unforgettable songs, the film was originally filmed in black and white and later restored in digital format by director Mick Gochanour and producer Robin Klein. In interviews the band members talk about the strangeness of fame in their everyday life.
Eryk Rocha deepens the narrative and emotional value of music, this time producing a portrait of the artist Jards Macalé, his longtime friend. An unusual musical documentary, closer to a poetic essay, in the words of the director. In addition to interviews, we enter the day-to-day life of the artist, know him thoroughly, over four weeks of recording his new album, as crew and musicians merge in the studio. Documentary, music, poetry and storytelling meet.
Starting off on his 62nd birthday, the film follows the extraordinary journey of singer Charles Bradley during the electrifying and transformative months leading up to the release of his debut album No Time for Dreaming. Despite being abandoned as a child, a period of homelessness, the devastating loss of his brother and constant poverty, Charles never gave up on his life long dream to be a professional singer. Following this unprecedented success, Charles’ star has continued to rise.
A short abstract film that re-interprets and re-imagines the life of Kurt Cobain, as told through the lense of a dream.
A feature-length documentary about legendary Memphis band Big Star. While mainstream success eluded them, Big Star’s three albums have become critically lauded touchstones of the rock music canon. A seminal band in the history of alternative music, Big Star has been cited as an influence by artists including REM, The Replacements, Belle & Sebastian, Elliot Smith and Flaming Lips. A film with never-before-seen footage and photos of the band, interviews and musical tributes.
Musicbox Club Docs is a series of musical documentaries about Portuguese artists and bands signed by Paulo Prazeres. Musicbox Club Docs: Bizarra Locomotiva portrays, for the first time in the project, a particular style: Metal. Bizarra Locomotiva are a central pillar of Portuguese Metal and their story begins in 1993, when Rui Sidónio (voice) and Armando Teixeira (voice and machinery) participated and won a contest that took them to the acclaimed French Printemps de Bourges festival in 1994.
Luke Haines is regularly decribed as one of the greatest English contempory songwriters, who launched Britpop and jumped ship as soon as it set sail. His wry commentaries respect few boundaries and his musical arrangements are uniquely suited to both the worlds of music and film. Art Will Save The World explores the work, legacy, struggles, battles and future of this perennial outsider of Britpop and the British music scene, with comments from Jarvis Cocker, David Peace and Arthur Matthews.