To B or to B Flat - the composer Boudewijn Buckinx

Top 1 Billed Cast

Boudewijn Buckinx
Boudewijn Buckinx

Loading Trailer Videos...
  • HomePage

    To B or to B Flat - the composer Boudewijn Buckinx

  • Overview

    Who gets the idea to write “Nine unfinished symphonies” - one of them perhaps the shortest Symphony in music history? Or "1001 sonatas’ - each lasting about a minute but in total being one of the longest pieces ever written? Like a postmodern Erik Satie the Belgium composer Boudewijn Buckinx is using music history as a playing field. The classical music audience is irritated, the avant-gardist wrinkles his nose... "Daisies in a Meadow" - that's how Buckinx described his "1001 Sonatas” for violin and piano, They play a leading role in our film, in the supporting roles the Spanish sun and the Belgian rain. The latter, however, did not show up at the set - just as you always have to be prepared for surprises with Boudewijn Buckinx. "Why is my music so simple? - Why is my music so complex?" With a wink, Buckinx gives various answers to these recurring questions. The portrait of an immensely productive artist who is radically taking his own path.

  • Release Date

    2019-05-11

  • Average

    0

  • Rating:

    0.0 starts
  • Tagline

  • Genres

  • Languages:

    NederlandsEnglish
  • Keywords

Similar Movies

Wild Flamenco: Bambino's Story
67%

Wild Flamenco: Bambino's Story(es)

2021-11-19

In his time of greatest splendor, the singer Miguel 'Bambino' Vargas Jiménez (1940-99) was the last frontier of flamenco, an immense musical genre that he developed and brought closer to large audiences: an artist of artists, the idol of the roadside bars, whose inimitable style, scenic magnetism and heartbreaking personality made of his figure a myth, a king without a kingdom, a giant of the popular music of the 20th century.

Ekelöf's Blick - En Nordisk Diktarresa
0%

Ekelöf's Blick - En Nordisk Diktarresa(sv)

2007-03-09

Ekelöf's Blick is a film about swedish poet and mystic Gunnar Ekelöf. The film is an attempt to visually articulate how Ekelöf saw things, a world characterized by an enigmatic beauty never previously formulated in such a way.

Rendez-vous With Maurice Chevalier
100%

Rendez-vous With Maurice Chevalier(fr)

2021-12-19

French artist Maurice Chevalier (1888-1972), a legend of stage and screen, was an accomplished singer, actor and entertainer, who embodied the charm of his native Paris throughout a decades-long career that brought him fame in Europe and America and left for show business history a vast repertoire of masterful classic songs and captivating film performances.

DJ Punk: The Photographer Daniel Josefsohn
60%

DJ Punk: The Photographer Daniel Josefsohn(de)

2018-11-19

Nobody captured the atmosphere of 1990s Berlin better than German photographer Daniel Josefsohn, who died in 2016 at the age of 54, leaving his mark in advertising with his irreverent aesthetic and punk sensibility. It was his spontaneous, imperfect images shot for an MTV campaign in 1994 that first made him famous.

I, Tintin
45%

I, Tintin(fr)

1976-01-01

The adventures of Hergé, or how Georges Remi created The Adventures of Tintin. Interviews, archive footage and animation clips tell the story of Tintin, which is the history of the 20th century.

Christina Lindberg: The Original Eyepatch Wearing Butt Kicking Movie Babe
40%

Christina Lindberg: The Original Eyepatch Wearing Butt Kicking Movie Babe(en)

2015-10-02

A look at the life and work of Christina Lindberg, the most famous Swedish model of the 1970s and star of exploitation cinema.

Bajo el signo de las sombras
60%

Bajo el signo de las sombras(es)

1984-10-31

A portrait of the Spanish director Lorenzo Llobet Gràcia (1911-76), one of the outsiders of Spanish cinema, and the story of his masterpiece, a cult work that tells the story of a self-taught filmmaker who was born under the sign of the shadows, lights and chiaroscuro of cinema.

Gila nunca fue serio
57%

Gila nunca fue serio(es)

2017-01-25

Miguel Gila (1919-2001) was a Spanish actor and stand-up comedian, famous for his surreal phone conversations with imaginary people, and a skillful cartoonist; an idolized star, a king of laughter.

Trespassing Bergman
66%

Trespassing Bergman(en)

2013-08-28

In the sixties, Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman (1918-2007) built a house on the remote island of Fårö, located in the Baltic Sea, left Stockholm and went to live there. When he died, the house was preserved. A group of very special cinephiles, came from all over the world, travel to Fårö in search of the genius and his legacy. (An abridged version of Bergmans video, 2012.)

Mifune: The Last Samurai
72%

Mifune: The Last Samurai(en)

2016-12-02

An account of the life and work of legendary Japanese actor Toshirō Mifune (1920-97), the most prominent actor of the Golden Age of Japanese cinema.

Truman & Tennessee: An Intimate Conversation
30%

Truman & Tennessee: An Intimate Conversation(en)

2021-06-18

The parallel lives of writer Truman Capote (1924-84) and playwright Tennessee Williams (1911-83): two friends, two geniuses who, while creating sublime works, were haunted by the ghosts of the past, the shadow of constant doubt, the demon of addictions and the blinding, deceptive glare of success.

The Fire and the Rose
100%

The Fire and the Rose(en)

1990-01-01

A documentary on the life and work of the composer Sofia Gubaidulina.

Karel Jonckheere
0%

Karel Jonckheere(nl)

1976-01-01

Documentary about the life and work of Flemish poet Karel Jonckheere looked at from four perspectives/professions: farmer, fisherman, sheepherder and hunter.

VIET≈NAM ≈ HANOISE
0%

VIET≈NAM ≈ HANOISE(en)

Hanoise is a portrait of the little known, but very rich, experimental music scene from Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam. It showcases a diverse array of the city's musical mavericks and avant-garde explorers, merging the sounds of the city and the experimentations of a young community braving the local cultural prohibitions.

Ritratti: Mario Rigoni Stern
0%

Ritratti: Mario Rigoni Stern(it)

1999-09-01

Marco Paolini interviews Mario Rigoni Stern about—among other things—his well-known experience as a soldier on the Eastern front during WWII, culminating in the infamous retreat of the Italian troops, the difficult reintegration into civilian life after the war, his relationship with his literary work and with his ancestral land, the Asiago Plateau.

Kaarel Kurismaa. The Limits of Timelessness
0%

Kaarel Kurismaa. The Limits of Timelessness(et)

2024-01-19

A documentary about the Estonian artist Kaarel Kurismaa shows the viewer an insight into the world of artists. Kaarel changed his creative direction several times; he explored different artistic styles. Kaarel Kurismaa laid the foundations for Estonian kinetic and sound art. He is a highly versatile artist whose creative energy is divided between painting, sound, installation, monumental art, and film. On the crest of the avant-garde wave of the 1970s, he created several important sound and kinetic objects in Estonian art history.

Folon
80%

Folon(fr)

2021-01-16

Loving Highsmith
62%

Loving Highsmith(en)

2022-04-07

The story of the life, loves and work of US writer Patricia Highsmith (1921-95), told through her unpublished diaries, her own voice and that of those who knew her, both family and close friends.

Bestseller Barcelona: The World of Carlos Ruiz Zafón
55%

Bestseller Barcelona: The World of Carlos Ruiz Zafón(de)

2022-10-19

A journey through the fantastic and mysterious Barcelona that the Spanish writer Carlos Ruiz Zafón (1964-2020) loved so much, the city of myth and legend, the city that was before it became one of the main European tourist destinations.

Artemisia Gentileschi, Warrior Painter
56%

Artemisia Gentileschi, Warrior Painter(it)

2020-09-19

An account of the life of the Italian painter Artemisia Gentileschi (1593-1653), the first female artist to get international acclaim, recognized as a modern icon, due to her personality and her unyielding defense of her professional integrity.