Rhythm Is It!
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Rhythm Is It! |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language |
English German |
| Publishing year | 2004 |
| length | 100 minutes |
| Age rating |
FSK 0 JMK 0 |
| Rod | |
| Director |
Thomas Grube Enrique Sánchez Lansch |
| script | Thomas Pit |
| production |
Uwe Dierks Thomas Grube Andrea Thilo (Boomtown Media, Berlin) |
| music | Karim Sebastian Elias |
| camera |
René Dame Marcus Winterbauer |
| cut |
Dirk Grau Martin Hoffmann |
Rhythm Is It! is a multiple award-winning German documentary film from 2004 by Thomas Grube and Enrique Sánchez Lansch .
action
In February 2003 the Berliner Philharmoniker and their chief conductor Sir Simon Rattle started a project with 250 children and young people from 25 nations. Under the guidance of the choreographer and dance teacher Royston Maldoom and his team, they are rehearsing the performance of Igor Stravinsky's ballet Le sacre du printemps .
The students, who mostly come from “problem schools” in Berlin, only have a six-week trial period; none of them are familiar with classical music and dance . By then Maldoom had successfully staged Stravinsky's ballet with street children in Ethiopia and with juvenile prisoners in England . During this phase, three of the young people are introduced in more detail: Martin, who has difficulties getting involved with other people, but should touch them in the dance sequences, the barely German-speaking war orphan Olayinka from Nigeria , who is helped by participating in the project, other people get to know. And Marie, who initially thinks she is lazy and later decides to graduate from secondary school , while her friend soon gets out but gets back on at the next station.
The film shows the development of young people who draw self-confidence from their growing success and mature as a personality. But it also shows the chaos of the rehearsals, the unmotivated beginning of the young people and the interventions of the concerned teachers who fear that their students would be overwhelmed by Maldoom. The end and the big climax is the acclaimed appearance in the Arena Berlin .
The project was continued due to the great popularity. The Berliner Philharmoniker continued their cooperation with other ballet pieces and choreographers in the following years.
criticism
“ One of the best films ever made about education. ... The aim of the film is to revive an originally German discussion - a discussion about the methods of education. The film juxtaposes the principle of achievement and will with the idea of understanding and friendliness. ... RHYTHM IS IT! Of course, only shows the successes, indulges in pathetic Berlin images, mixes terrible Hollywood music with the scenes. We do not find out how many students have dropped out. "
“ The filmmakers Thomas Grube and Enrique Sánchez Lansch not only use Stravinsky's piece as stage music, they also incorporate Berlin cityscapes into the history of the performance, impressions of a fascinating, dodgy urbanity. The most exciting moments, however, are shown by choreographer Royston Maldoom during rehearsals with the young people. Maldoom is the heart of the film: a magician, an alchemist of enthusiasm, who provocatively reveals himself to be a strict teacher at the beginning. "
" RHYTHM IS IT! follows this incredible process of creating a work of art. Thanks to the discreet camera, the viewer is drawn into an event that should have been shipwrecked due to its framework conditions. ... As an example for everyone, the viewer gets to know some loners among the schoolchildren who, through the experience of music, find their way out of their isolation. Both Rattle and the directors of the rousing documentary have dared a lot and obviously won. "
Awards
- 2005: Bavarian Film Award for Best Documentary Film
- 2005: German Critics' Prize
- 2005: German Film Award for Best Documentary Film
- 2005: German Film Award for Best Editing
- 2006: ECHO Klassik Best DVD of the year
See also
Web links
- Rhythm Is It! in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- www.rhythmisit.com - Official homepage of the film
- Rhythm Is It! at filmportal.de
- The film page on the producer's website
- "Zukunft @ BPhil: Premiere in the Arena Treptow" , Berliner Philharmoniker · the magazine · april · may · June 2003, (PDF, 5 p .; 335 kB) and as HTML (327 kB)
- The lead dancer. Royston Maldoom teaches young people life with his dance projects . In: Die Zeit , No. 16/2006
- Faster-Than-Light-Dance-Company - Contributing dance group
Individual evidence
- ↑ Age rating for Rhythm Is It! Youth Media Commission .
- ↑ "Royston Maldoom" ( Memento of the original from March 12, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Theater in 3sat , September 29, 2005
- ↑ Christine Lemke-Matwey : Barefoot from the underworld . In: Die Zeit , No. 17/2005
- ↑ Axel Brüggemann: With ballet against the educational emergency . In: Welt am Sonntag , September 19, 2004
- ↑ Rainer Gamsera: Cinema: “The Rhythm is it” Some like it heated . In: Süddeutsche Zeitung , September 19, 2004
- ↑ Jörg Gerle: With ballet against the educational emergency . In: film-dienst , No. 19, September 16, 2004
