Improvisation (2004)

Directed by

Norman Granz

Genre

music, documentary

Country

United States

Runtime

3h 02m

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

This film captures jazz musicians from the 1950s performing and hanging out, including Charlie Parker and Ella Fitzgerald. It was completed later with extra footage from the 1970s.

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What happens

Improvisation ist ein US-amerikanischer Musikfilm von Norman Granz, der 1950 gedreht wurde und Musiker der damaligen Jazzszene wie Charlie Parker, Coleman Hawkins, Ella Fitzgerald, Lester Young, Hank Jones, Ray Brown und Buddy Rich zeigt. Der zur Zeit seines Entstehens nicht fertiggestellte Dokumentarfilm wurde erst 2004 veröffentlicht, ergänzt um weitere Aufnahmen, die zwischen 1977 und 1979 aufgenommen wurden. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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