How to understand a Maqam (2023)
- Directed by
- Emil Nørgaard Munk
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- Egypt, Denmark
- Runtime
- 30 min
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.
How it feels
A filmmaker travels to the Egyptian desert to document composers working between Western avant-garde and Arabic Maqam traditions. He soon realizes he does not understand the project and struggles to capture the music's complexity. The landscapes around him cause past and present to collapse into a timeless journey through ancient buildings, extinct species, and past civilizations.
contemplativemeditativedisorientedatmosphericphilosophicalslow-pacedintrospectivetimeless
What happens
How to understand a Maqam er en dansk dokumentarfilm fra 2023 instrueret af Emil Nørgaard Munk. En filminstruktør rejser til Egyptens ørken. Han skal dokumentere et møde imellem en gruppe komponister og deres proces med at skrive musik i krydsfeltet mellem vestlig avantgarde og arabisk Maqam-tradition. Hurtigt indser han dog, at han ikke forstår projektet. Strandet i ørkenen, kæmper han for at finde en måde at indfange musikkens kompleksitet. Men der er noget i landskaberne omkring ham, der får nutid og fortid til at kollapse til en tidløs rejse ind og ud af oldtidens bygninger, blandt uddøde arter og fortidige civilisationer. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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