Usti Opre
Ku-Ling Siegel
Synopsis
Usti Opre travels across Central and Eastern Europe showing the inventiveness and stylistic range of Roma musical traditions. With shifting rhythms, Usti Opre travels from Budapest to Serbia. From city to village, concert hall to café – the film challenges our ideas about 'gypsy' culture and rewards us with a rich and engaging musical panorama. Along with 11 accompanists, three musicians form the spiritual and musical core of the film. It is through their musical ideas and cultural backgrounds that the structural cloth of Usti Opre is woven together. Conversations between musicians and amongst friends appear in counterpoint to the music. The intimacy that surrounds what we are hearing broadens our understanding of music and artist.
Details
- Year
- 2008
- Type of film
- Features
- Running Time
- 76 mins
- Format
- Super 16mm, MiniDV
- Director
- Allan Siegel
- Producer
- Olaf Jacobs, Mark Lavender
- Co-Producer
- Olaf Jacobs, Mark Lavender
- Editor
- Klara Major, Allan Siegel
- Director of Photography
- Sás Támas
- Sound
- Janos Mazura
- Music
- Ferenc Snétberger, Balogh Kálmán, Boban Markovic
Genre
Production status
Complete
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Last updated 22nd January 2008
