16mm, 1.33, 56 min, couleur, 25 fps, mono
v.o. english, s.-t. français
Esquisse d’un portrait d’Alexander Balanescu, violoniste virtuose, Caprices est également une interrogation sur la manière de filmer la musique et sur la manière dont la nature d’une même musique se modifie selon les conditions de sa réception.
Music film with an extraordinary structure. The film is a sketch of Alexander Balanescu, the virtuoso violonist and former member of the famous Arditti Quartet. It is not a real documentary : the film is made on the basis of a scenario written in advance and Balanescu in fact plays a role. He keeps playing the same piece, Sei Cappricci, a piece for solo violin by the italian composer Salvatore Sciarrino . The piece is used as concert music, film music, rehearsal music and as background music. The film does not only provide a portrait of a great musician, but also poses questions about the way in which music is usually filmed and the way in which music changes according to the circumstances in which it is heard.
Images
Patrik Duval
Animation et banc-titre
Dominique Comtat
Son et mixage
Luc Yersin
Montage
Véronique Goël
Direction de production
Pierre-Alain Schatzmann
Avec
Alexander Balanescu, Dolly Koritzer, Clare Connors, Rohan de Saram, Kate Musker, Tony Hinigan, Yossi Balanescu
Musique
Sei Capricci per violino de Salvatore Sciarrino
Production
Scherzo Films, Genève
Urbane Ltd., Londres
