mini music movies
cinematic pastiches
The artist has a duty to hold back. He must control his feelings and commitment, he cannot pour out his heart unrestricted: he has to give shape to every feeling in an Olympic calm. Only then can the artist express some of his involvement.
De kunstenaar heeft de plicht zichzelf in te houden. Hij moet zijn gevoelens beheersen, hij kan zijn hart niet onbegrensd uitstorten: hij moet aan ieder gevoel vorm geven in olympische rust. Alleen dan kan de kunstenaar iets van zijn betrokkenheid uitdrukken.
— Andrei Tarkovsky
Mini music movies is een serie cinematografische experimenten. Mijn liefde voor de speelfilm komt daarin tot uitdrukking. Stomme films verdienden betere muziek — dus voegde ik nieuwe soundtracks toe bij Buster Keaton en Fritz Lang.
Films van Tarkovsky verkortte ik en gaf ze pianomuziek mee. De muziek van Richard Rijnvos en George Gurdjieff inspireerde me tot eigen films met gevonden beelden. Het zijn Cinematic Pastiches, bij wet vrijgesteld van het auteursrecht.
Mini music movies is a series of cinematic experiments. My love for film runs through it. Silent films deserved better music — so I added new soundtracks to Buster Keaton and Fritz Lang.
Tarkovsky’s films I shortened and accompanied with piano. The music of Richard Rijnvos and George Gurdjieff inspired me to make films with found footage. They became Cinematic Pastiches, legally exempt from copyright.
Oldies | mini music movies
Buster Keaton | Mozartian movie madness
mini music movie | 20'33"
movie
The Goat
Directed by Buster Keaton & Malcolm St. Clair
Metro Pictures Corporation, 1921
music
Mozart in Crossover
Yester Years, 2011
Cops! | Carlotta's Galop
mini music movie | 2'33"
images
shots from the movie Cops!
directed by Edward F. Cline (1922)
music
from Otto & Mezzo
Carlotta’s Galop (1962)
composed by Nino Rota (1911-1979)
rocket to themoon | the magical mystery tour
mini music movie (3′22″)
images
Le Voyage dans la Lune
Georges Méliès, 1902
Speeded up by appr. 444%
music
By Rocket to the Moon
Raymond Scott Quintet (1950)
Andrei Tarkovsky | mini music movies
Stalker | pièces froides
mini music movie (33′55″)
music pieces from Pièces Froides
composed by Erik Satie
scenes from the movie Stalker
directed by Andrei Tarkovsky (1979)
video pastiche
june 2018
Nostalghia | impresiones intimas
mini music movie (21′21″)
music pieces from Impresiones Intimas
composed by Frederico Mompou
scenes from the movie Nostalghia
directed by Andrei Tarkovsky (1983)
video pastiche
may 2017
Offret | dreistimmige inventionen
mini music movie (35′11″)
pieces from Dreistimmige Inventionen
composed by Johann Sebsatian Bach
scenes from the movie Offret (The Sacrifice)
directed by Andrei Tarkovsky (1986)
video pastiche
january 2018
Richard Rijnvos | mini music movies
Amérique du Nord
mini music movie (16′33″)
music
Richard Rijnvos
Amérique du Nord (2016)
part of the cycle Grand Atlas
images
clips from American movies
Asie | baraka samsara
mini music movie (30'44")
music
Richard Rijnvos
Asie (2014/15) part of the cycle Grand Atlas
images
photographed & directed by Ron Fricke
from Baraka & Samsara
Antarctique
mini music movie (13′22″)
music
Richard Rijnvos
Antarctique (2012) part of the cycle Grand Atlas
images
documentaries by BBC Earth and Anthony Powell
Frozen Planet and A year on Ice
George Gurdjieff | mini music movies
Gurdjieff visits The Monastery of Dance
music video (3′22″)
music
George Gurdjieff - Oriental Suite - V Tibetan Masked Dance
performed by the Metropole Orchestra (2006)
images
scenes from the movie Meetings with Remarkable Men
directed by Peter Brook (1979)
Gurdjieff reads Prosporo's Books
mini music movie (7′33″)
music
George Gurdjieff - N 33; Untitled Dance,
N 28; Lezginka, N 34; Turkish Dance
performed by the Metropole Orchestra (2006)
images
Scenes from the movie Prosporo's Books
directed by Peter Greenaway (1991)
Gurdjieff in Metropolis
mini music movie (8′22″)
George Gurdjieff - N8; The Great Prayer
performed by the Metropole Orchestra (2006)
images
scenes from the movie Metropolis
directed by Fritz Lang (1927)
— mini music movies (2017-2022)
mini music movies | cinematic pastiches