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The black rider : [documentary]

Title: The black rider : [documentary] [videorecording] / a film by Theo Janssen, Ralph Quinke.
Publication: 1990.

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Description

2 videodiscs (DVD) (115 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

Documentary about the creation of the black rider, a theatrical collaboration between Robert Wilson, Tom Waits, and William S. Burroughs. Film follows the project, which is an adaptation of Der Freischütz by August Apel, from rehearsals in September 1989 to the premiere on March 31, 1990 at the Thalia Theater in Hamburg, Germany. Includes footage of interviews with Wilson, Waits, and Burroughs as well as rehearsals and excerpts of scenes from the opening night performance.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of the Byrd Hoffman Water Mill Foundation.

Series Statement

Robert Wilson Audio/Visual Collection

Subjects

Genre/Form

Documentaries and factual works.
Interviews.

Note

Donor's inventory number: BLR DOC 03 (copy 1).
For videotaped performance of this production, see NCOX 3007. For videotaped rehearsals of this production, see NCOV 3029, and NCOV 3030. For edited (25 min.) version of this documentary, see NCOX 3008.
Includes excerpts from the theatrical production of the black rider: direction and stage design, Robert Wilson ; music and lyrics, Tom Waits ; text, William S. Burroughs ; musical director, Greg Cohen ; musical arrangement, Greg Cohen and Tom Waits ; costume design, Frida Parmeggiani ; light design, Heinrich Brunke and Robert Wilson ; sound design, Gerd Bessler ; translation, Udo Breger and Wolfgang Wiens.

Access (note)

Restricted to qualified researchers.

Credits (note)

Editing, Angelika Beer.

Performer (note)

Actors in excerpts: Stefan Kurt, Annette Paulmann, Angelika Thomas, Klaus Schreiber, Dominique Horwitz, Sona Cervena, Monika Tahal, Jörg Holm, Susi Eisenkolb, Heinz Vossbrink, Jan Moritz Steffan, Gerd Kunath.

Language (note)

Documentary in English; performance excerpts in English and German; songs in English.

Call Number

NCOX 3005

OCLC

NYPG03-F390

Title

The black rider : [documentary] [videorecording] / a film by Theo Janssen, Ralph Quinke.

Imprint

1990.

Edition

Full length version.

Country of Producing Entity

Germany.

Series

Robert Wilson Audio/Visual Collection

Access

Restricted to qualified researchers.

Credits

Editing, Angelika Beer.

Performer

Actors in excerpts: Stefan Kurt, Annette Paulmann, Angelika Thomas, Klaus Schreiber, Dominique Horwitz, Sona Cervena, Monika Tahal, Jörg Holm, Susi Eisenkolb, Heinz Vossbrink, Jan Moritz Steffan, Gerd Kunath.

Language

Documentary in English; performance excerpts in English and German; songs in English.

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Added Author

Janssen, Theo, director.

Quinke, Ralph, director.

Burroughs, William S., 1914-1997, interviewee.

Waits, Tom, 1949- interviewee.

Kurt, Stefan, 1959- performer.

Paulmann, Annette, 1964- performer.

Thomas, Angelika, 1946- performer.

Schreiber, Klaus, 1959- performer.

Holm, Jörg, performer.

Červená, Soňa, 1925-2023, performer.

Tahal, Monika, performer.

Steffen, Jan Moritz, performer.

Eisenkolb, Susi, performer.

Vossbrink, Heinz, performer.

Horwitz, Dominique, performer.

Kunath, Gerd, performer.

Parmeggiani, Frida, costume designer.

Cohen, Greg, interviewee.

Cohen, Greg, arranger of music.

Brunke, Heinrich, lighting designer.

Bessler, Gerd, sound designer.

Breger, Udo, translator.

Wiens, Wolfgang, translator.

Apel, August, 1771-1816. Freischütz. Adaptations.

Thalia Theater (Hamburg, Germany)

Research Call Number

NCOX 3005

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