Music is trump card - on the violence of context

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Movie
Original title Music is trump card - on the violence of context
Country of production Germany
original language German
Publishing year 1996
length 85 minutes
Rod
Director Alfred Hackensberger ,
Thomas Röschner
script Alfred Hackensberger,
Thomas Röschner
production Michael Sombetzki
camera Volker Tittel
cut Michael Thaler
occupation

Music is trump - About the violence of context or music is trump is a German documentary film by Alfred Hackensberger and Thomas Röschner from 1996 , which portrays German independent scenes at the time, from hip-hop to techno to neofolk and indie rock . The focus is mainly Hamburger bands and musicians in the foreground. The film premiered on September 12, 1996 at the Zeise Kinos art theater in Hamburg and celebrated its festival premiere at the October of the same yearKassel documentary film and video festival .

action

The film introduces several contemporary German musicians and bands from different musical genres . The focus is mainly on groups and musicians from Hamburg, some of them such as Cpt. Kirk &. , The stars or Tocotronic can be assigned to the Hamburg School . Despite their different musical styles, all of the bands and musicians shown have one thing in common: They reject the traditional rock 'n' roll patterns. The bands and solo artists philosophize, sometimes seriously, sometimes in an ironic way, about pop, politics, language and identity, machines and what music will look like in the future. There is also talk about life after youth culture and how, for example, the influence of sports lessons on the pop career of Tocotronic guitarist and singer Dirk von Lowtzow .

Background and production

The filmmakers gave the portrayed bands, DJs and hip-hop groups the opportunity to shape their own artistic positions in a five to ten minute contribution. The bands and artists present themselves in the film on 16 mm film , Super 8 , Betacam SP or Hi8 .

criticism

Volker Marquardt criticizes the film and writes in the taz that “at least for the musicologist living in Hamburg”, “the composition of the bands is hardly the current inventory that is aimed at”, “but rather the 'state of art' from 1994. Duo lets hip hopper absolute beginners as well as juvenile punk rockers Tocotronic have their say, the chance is also missed to illustrate specific production methods or the function of bands for certain styles. ”In addition, the film offers“ no processing of history, so that to take account of any changed framework conditions. Ultimately, despite the predominance of the Hamburg bands, Hackensberger / Röschner do not concentrate on a single scene, on their networking in clubs, pubs and personalities who dominate the music landscape from the background. "

The Hamburg district culture festival altonale describes the film in its 2014 program as an "extraordinary contemporary document on the Hamburg pop discourse of the 90s."

The Filmladen Kassel e. In his praise, V goes into the making of the film with its different camera formats: "The result is an entertaining and informative overall collage that tells how, why and under what conditions music is made today."

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Volker Marquardt: Sounding connections - the music documentation Music is the trump card in Zeise. In: The daily newspaper. September 12, 1996 ( taz.de ).
  2. ↑ Altonale: Music is trumps - film, talk & reunion concert by Huah! , TwoTickets.de
  3. ^ Filmladen Kassel: Music is Trumps — On the violence of context , filmladen.de, 1996.