Step Across the Border (1990)

1h 30m
Running Time

September 8, 1990
Release Date

Step Across the Border (1990)

1h 30m
Running Time

September 8, 1990
Release Date

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Plot.

An avant-garde documentary film on English guitarist, composer and improviser Fred Frith.

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Cast & Crew.

Jonas Mekas

Jonas Mekas

Butterfly Wing

Julia Judge

Julia Judge

Koan vom Klang einer Hand

John Spacely

John Spacely

Koan vom Klang einer Hand

John Spacely

John Spacely

Koan vom Klang einer Hand

Tom Walker

Tom Walker

Koan vom Klang einer Hand

Ted Milton

Ted Milton

Television Dancer

Ted Milton

Ted Milton

Television Dancer

Robert Frank

Robert Frank

Old Man in Train

Oscar Salgado

Oscar Salgado

Director of Photography

Peter Zobel

Peter Zobel

Assistant Director

Details.

Release Date
September 8, 1990

Status
Released

Running Time
1h 30m

Filming Locations
Switzerland · France · Germany · United States of America · Japan · Italy · England, United Kingdom

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This Movie Is About.

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Step Across the Border is a 1990 avant-garde documentary film on English guitarist, composer and improviser Fred Frith. It was written and directed by Nicolas Humbert and Werner Penzel and released in Germany and Switzerland. The film was screened in cinemas in North America, South America, Europe and Japan, and on television in the United States, Germany, Switzerland, Austria and France. It was also released on VHS by RecRec Music (Switzerland) in 1990, and was later released on DVD by Winter & Winter Records (Germany) in 2003.

Shot in black and white, the 35mm documentary was filmed between 1988 and 1990 in Japan, Italy, France, Germany, England, the United States and Switzerland, and shows Frith rehearsing, performing, giving interviews and relaxing. Other musicians featured include René Lussier, Iva Bittová, Tom Cora, Tim Hodgkinson, Bob Ostertag and John Zorn.The film won a "Special Mention" at the European Film Award for Best Documentary in 1990. A companion soundtrack album, Step Across the Border was also released by RecRec Music in 1990.

In January 2020 Cut Up the Border was released on CD by RogueArt. It is a sound collage created by Humbert and French sound designer, Marc Parisotto from over thirty hours of audio tape that were not used in the film.

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