BRIAN ENO: IMAGINARY LANDSCAPES
dirs. Duncan Ward & Gabriella Cardazzo, 1989
41 mins, United Kingdom
In English

In Duncan Ward and Gabriella Cardazzo’s BRIAN ENO: IMAGINARY LANDSCAPES, the composer appears more reserved than he was in his younger years. Past his rock-phase, Eno is still seen experimenting with synthesizers and reflecting on his ritualistic manner of composing. As Eno muses on music, directors Ward and Cardazzo play with dreamy montages of cityscapes and desert landscapes that complement his words. Between the synthesist’s words and the directors’ images, a riveting collage coalesces to the tunes of the master composer.

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ENO
dir. Alfi Sinniger, 1973
24 mins, United Kingdom
In English

ENO is Brian Eno at his most scintillating: a rock-star in Roxy get-up aspiring to shake up the genre’s foundations. Alfi Sinniger presents his eponymous subject candidly. Eno is shown meticulously toying with synthesizers, scribbling in his many notebooks, and furiously looking to come up with the next musical concoction that he believes will change the world. Alfi Sinniger’s ENO is a far cry from more recent documentaries on the famed composer, capturing him at the precipice of a fabulous career to come, high-strung on all the ideas that would soon spill from his mind.