What is Stop for Bud?
Topic: Film "Stop for Bud" (1963). Role: Meticulous television and film archivist.
- Type
- Film
- Year
- 1963
- Release date
- Dec 17, 1963
- Genres
- Documentary, Music
- Updated
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- Rating
- ★ TMDB users: 6.9/10
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Topic: Film "Stop for Bud" (1963).
Role: Meticulous television and film archivist.
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Title: Stop for Bud (also Stopforbud).
Year: 1963.
Release Date (Denmark): 12/17/1963.
Directors: Jørgen Leth, Ole John, Jens Jørgen Thorsen.
Genre: Documentary, Music, Short, Experimental portrait.
Runtime: 12m.
Subject: American jazz pianist Bud Powell.
Cast/People: Bud Powell, Dexter Gordon (narrator).
Plot/Content: Bud Powell moves around Copenhagen (King's Garden, quay at Kalkbrænderihavnen, waste dump). He is alone, accompanied by his music. Dexter Gordon tells stories about Powell's famous left hand.
Style/Technical: First film for Jørgen Leth and start of collaboration with Ole John. Goal was to "blow up cinematic conventions and invent
Should you watch it?
“Witness jazz legend Bud Powell wander Copenhagen in this experimental 1963 short film.”
- Features appearances by jazz pianist Bud Powell and narrator Dexter Gordon.
- Represents Jørgen Leth's first film and his initial collaboration with Ole John.
- Showcases an attempt to invent cinematic language from scratch and blow up conventions.
- It has a very short runtime of twelve minutes.
Watch it if you are interested in experimental jazz portraits and early avant-garde filmmaking.
The film features a slightly dreamy tone, contrast-poor black and white visuals, and an experimental pacing.
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Whether it is worth watching?
It is worth watching as Jørgen Leth's first film featuring jazz greats Bud Powell and Dexter Gordon.
What is the binge duration?
The film has a runtime of twelve minutes.
What are the essential episodes?
This is a single standalone short film rather than a series with episodes.
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