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Sam Green and Yo La Tengo: The Love Song of R. Buckminster Fuller
Feb 06, 2013 12:51 am
From The Kitchen's website, where this will play April 9-10.
"'The Love Song of R. Buckminster Fuller' is a new “live documentary” by Academy Award-nominated director Sam Green (The Weather Underground) featuring a live score by legendary indie rock band Yo La Tengo. The Love Song of R. Buckminster Fuller traces the career of twentieth-century futurist, architect, engineer, inventor, and author R. Buckminster Fuller (1895–1983).... At every screening, Green narrates the film in person and cues images from a laptop while Yo La Tengo performs their original score. The performance is a follow-up to Green's internationally-acclaimed live film 'Utopia in Four Movements,' which premiered at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival. This new work features the same unique combination of film clips and live music, as Green's in person cinematic narration draws inspiration equally from old travelogues, the Benshi tradition, and TED talks."