Step Across the Border
In the documentary "Step Across the Border" about the multi-instrumentalist Fred Frith, the free montage and observational skills of Direct Cinema respond to the improvised music of its protagonist. Like the musicians in a band, the film team sees itself as a collective working together on spontaneous artistic expression. Over two years of filming in Japan, Europe and the USA, concert recordings, interviews and everyday life on the road are captured and combined into a rhythmic journey of sound.
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Music
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Alle Credits
Director
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Assistant camera
Animation
Sound
Audio mixing
Music
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Producer (TV)
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Shoot
- 1987 - 1990: Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, Verona, St. Remy de Provence, Leipzig, London, Yorkshire, New York City, Zürich und Bern
Uraufführung (CH): 14.01.1990, Solothurn, Filmtage;
Erstaufführung (DE): 11.02.1990, Berlin, IFF - Forum
Titles
- Originaltitel (DE) Step Across the Border
- Untertitel A Ninety Minute Celluloid Improvisation
Versions
Original
Uraufführung (CH): 14.01.1990, Solothurn, Filmtage;
Erstaufführung (DE): 11.02.1990, Berlin, IFF - Forum
Digitalisierte Fassung
Aufführung (DE): 19.06.2025 [Wiederaufführung]
Awards
- Golden Gate Award - Spezialpreis der Jury, Dokumentarfilm
- Goldene Filmspule
- Lobende Erwähnung
- Grand Prix International
- Hessischer Filmpreis, Dokumentarfilm
- Uppsala Filmkaja (1. Preis), Bester Dokumentarfilm