Step Across the Border

BR Deutschland Schweiz 1987-1990 Dokumentarfilm

Summary

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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Credits

All Credits

Shoot

    • 1987 - 1990: Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, Verona, St. Remy de Provence, Leipzig, London, Yorkshire, New York City, Zürich und Bern
Duration:
2370 m, 90 min
Format:
16mm - Blow-Up 35mm, 1:1,66
Video/Audio:
s/w, Mono
Screening:

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

Duration:
2370 m, 90 min
Format:
16mm - Blow-Up 35mm, 1:1,66
Video/Audio:
s/w, Mono
Screening:

Uraufführung (CH): 14.01.1990, Solothurn, Filmtage;
Erstaufführung (DE): 11.02.1990, Berlin, IFF - Forum

Digitalisierte Fassung

Duration:
88 min
Format:
DCP 2k, 1:1,66
Video/Audio:
s/w, Mono

Awards

Kommunales Kino Weingarten 1991
  • Goldene Filmspule
International Film Festival San Francisco 1991
  • Golden Gate Award - Spezialpreis der Jury, Dokumentarfilm
Europäischer Filmpreis 1990
  • Lobende Erwähnung
Images & Documents Figuera da Foz 1990
  • Grand Prix International
Uppsala International Short Film Festival 1990
  • Uppsala Filmkaja (1. Preis), Bester Dokumentarfilm
Hessischer Filmpreis 1990
  • Hessischer Filmpreis, Dokumentarfilm