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SEPTEMBER SONGS:The Music of Kurt Weill

90 minutes
Grades 10 - Adult
Stereo Sound
Produced by Rhombus Media
A film by Larry Weinstein
Music by Kurt Weill

This tribute to the life and music of Kurt Weill features Lou
Reed, Teresa Stratas, Elvis Costello and the Brodsky String
Quartet, Betty Carter, PJ Harvey, William S. Burroughs,
Charlie Haden, The Persuasions and a host of others performing
many of the composers most celebrated songs, including "Mack
the Knife," "September Song" and "Alabama Song." Set in a
turn-of-the-century warehouse, the lavish designs echo many of
the themes of Weill's work. From the steely austerity of a
1930's factory floor to the glittering spectacle of a Broadway
musical stage, each performance reflects the magic of the
music and captures Weill's creative spirit.

Awards: Grand Prix-Best of Festival IMZ Opera Screen, France;
Rockie, Banff Television Festival; Gold Apple, National
Educational Film & Video Festival; Gold Camera Award, US
International Film & Video Festival; Golden Gate Award, San
Francisco International Film Festival; Bronze Award, Worldfest
Houston

• -"This movie is an artistic triumph: a splendid, radiant
  audio-visual masterpiece." San Francisco Examiner
  

• -"The quality of the performances is breathtaking. But
  nothing in the show can touch the way Betty Carter touched us
  with 'Lonely House.' This is art of the highest order!"
  Knight-Ridder Newspapers
  

• -"What makes the show so stunning is that the script...
  recreates with wonderful, dead-pan flair the decadent ambience
  of Weill's Berlin, the musical theater he created with Bertolt
  Brecht, and the sense of his desperate flight from fascism."
  Hollywood Reporter
  

• -"You have not lived until you've heard Lou Reed give
  'September Song' the patented Velvet Underground treatment."
  United Media
  

DANCE, DRAMA, MUSIC

ISBN:1-56029-624-0

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