Satiesfictions

DVD 2015

"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 thei...

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Composers France Biography

Satie, Erik, 1866-1925

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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)
4 3/4 in
digital optical 1.4 m/s stereo
NTSC
video file DVD video region 0

Other Title:

Satiesfictions. Promenades with Erik Satie [DVD]
Promenades with Erik Satie [DVD]

Notes:

Special feature: music by Erik Satie (La belle excentrique; Valse du chocolat aux amades & Ce que dit la petite Princesse des tulipes; Nocturne no. 4; Stock market report à la Satie (in English or German))
Editing, Steffen Herrmann ; camera, Adam Nilsson, Stephan Boerger
GrauSchumacher Piano Duo; Maria Eydmann, Steffen Schleiermacher, piano
Jean Cocteau, Man Ray, Henri Sauguet, Pierre Bertin, Virgil Thomson
DVD, NTSC, region 0; widescreen (16:9 aspect ratio); PCM stereo, Dolby digital 5.1, DTS 5.1
In French and English with optional English, French, German, Japanese, and Korean subtitles

Control Number:

1931446

UPC:

426023483091

Other Authors:

ACCENTUS Music (Firm), production company
Association relative à la télévision européenne, production company
Auric, Georges, 1899-1983, on-screen participant
Bertin, Pierre, 1891-1984, on-screen participant
Cocteau, Jean, 1889-1963, on-screen participant
Container of (work): Satie, Erik, 1866-1925. Instrumental music. Selections
Eydmann, Maria, instrumentalist
GrauSchumacher Piano Duo, instrumentalist
Hermann, Steffen, editor of moving image work
Man Ray, 1890-1976, on-screen participant
Peitz, Anne-Kathrin, filmmaker, screenwriter
Satie, Erik, 1866-1925, composer (expression)
Sauguet, Henri, 1901-1989, on-screen participant
Schleiermacher, Steffen, instrumentalist
Smaczny, Paul, film producer. 1957-
Tabakov, Youlian, 1975- filmmaker, art director, costume designer
Thomson, Virgil, 1896-1989, on-screen participant
Westdeutscher Rundfunk, production company

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