Helicopter String Quartet (1996)
1h 21m
Running Time
October 17, 1996Release Date
Helicopter String Quartet (1996)
1h 21m
Running Time
October 17, 1996Release Date
Plot.
One morning, the late Karlheinz Stockhausen awoke from a dream that told him to take to the sky. Stockhausen envisioned four helicopters swirling in the clouds, with each of a quartet’s members tucked inside his own chopper, communicating through headsets, stringing away in sync to the rotor-blade motors. He immediately set forth to make that dream a reality. In 1995, Dutch film director Scheffer followed Stockhausen in the days leading up to the premiere performance of his Helicopter String Quartet in Amsterdam. The resulting film offers a rare glimpse of Stockhausen as he patiently dictates every agonizingly detailed measure to the Arditti Quartet.
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Irvine Arditti
Self
Karlheinz Stockhausen
Self
Graeme Jennings
Self
Rohan de Saram
Self
Garth Knox
Self - Viola
Frank Scheffer
Director
Ton Van Der Lee
Producer
Herman Verschuur
Camera Technician
Media.
Details.
Release DateOctober 17, 1996
Original NameHelikopter Streichquartett
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 21m
Genres
Wiki.
Helicopter String Quartet (screen title: Karlheinz Stockhausen: Helicopter String Quartet) is a 78-minute 1996 Dutch English- and German-language independent underground experimental documentary art film directed by Frank Scheffer.