電影：《前衛爵士米爾福德》Milford Graves Full Mantis
Jake Meginsky, Neil Young / 2018 / 美國 / 94分鐘 / 紀錄片 / 英語 / 中文字幕
亞洲首映 ｜Asia Premiere
★ 各方面皆精彩的爵士樂電影 —《村聲》
★ 獻給前衛樂迷的珍貴寶藏 —《好萊塢報導》
★ 你可以從網路上得知格雷夫斯所發過的唱片和種種一切，這部片卻能讓你發掘到他美麗的內心 —《紐約時報》
★ SXSW電影節、鹿特丹國際影展、雪菲爾紀錄片影展、哥本哈根國際紀錄片電影節、里斯本獨立電影節
打擊樂手米爾福德格雷夫斯（Milford Graves）被公認為六零年代前衛爵士和自由爵士的開路先鋒。和他同台演出的音樂家有：法老王山德斯（Pharoah Sanders）、亞伯特艾勒（Albert Ayler）、約翰佐恩（John Zorn） …等人，他們皆為當時樂界的重量級人物。格雷夫斯經常使用不規則的節奏語法，讓爵士鼓的演奏跳脫了傳統的功能— 穩住節拍。至今他仍是在該領域中最具影響力的指標人物。
本片用既前衛又爵士的方式帶領觀眾穿梭格雷夫斯的繁盛花園、華麗的內室廳堂、後院的武術道場，以及地下室的實驗場。這些都離他成長所在地—皇后區的公宅不遠。片中你可以看到米爾福德格雷夫斯使用電子聽診器去數位化他的心跳聲，也能跟著他一同前往日本，在自閉症兒童的機構演出中，引導孩童們舞動肢體展現能量。從這些點滴當中，逐漸了解他是如何重新定義了音樂的本質，揭示了生命和節奏律動的關聯。知名音樂人傑克梅根斯基、尼爾楊為本片共同導演。
"A jazz movie in every sense of the word" –– Village Voice
"A small treasure for avant-garde fans" –– Hollywood Reporter
"You can get a lot of facts about Mr. Graves and his discography on the internet (and I recommend you do). This movie gives you, well, the man's heart, and it's a beautiful one." –– New York Times
Film Festivals: SXSW, Rotterdam, Sheffield, CPH:DOX, INDIELISBOA
Percussionist Milford Graves is widely considered to be a founding pioneer in the early 1960s of avant-garde jazz or free jazz. He performed alongside the greats of that scene –– Pharoah Sanders, Albert Ayler, John Zorn –– promoting the use of irregular rhythms and helping to free drumming from the function of merely keeping time. He remains one of the most influential living figures of that era.
This film, which is as avant-garde and "jazz" as its subject, draws the viewer through the Graves' lush garden, ornate home, the martial arts dojo in his backyard, and the laboratory in his basement –– all of this just blocks from where he grew up in the housing projects for South Jamaica, Queens. You will see Graves activate an electronic stethoscopes to digitally process the sound of his heart. You will travel with him to Japan to perform at a school for children with autism, igniting the student body into an ecstatic display of spontaneous collective energy. As you see these things, you will come to understand how Graves has redefined the fundamental essence of music, and how he has laid bare the connection between rhythm and the life itself.
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2019 城市遊牧影展將保留部分電影於非正式影廳的場地做特別放映。中正堂也就是舊時的國防部空軍司令部，為冷戰時期的遺跡。目前仍留下大型愛國口號標誌印在會場內部。本屆影展將有兩場免費放映及座談，其中一部是關於政令宣導和身分建構，和放映場地中正堂是一個很棒的對照。
Urban Nomad will hold special screenings of several films in non-traditional film spaces and these will be free with online registration. The Zhongzheng Hall in the former Taiwan Air Force Command Headquarters is a relic of the Cold War, with large patriotic slogans still emblazoned on the venue's interior. One of the films we will show there is about propaganda and the construction of identity, a perfect mirror to the venue itself!
合辦夥伴｜空總臺灣當代文化實驗場
合作 | Partner: CNEX, CCDF
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