6.8 /10 1 Votes
67% Metacritic Starring Antony Hegarty Edited by Åsa Mossberg | 7/10 IMDb Directed by Charles Atlas Music by Antony Hegarty Music director Anohni | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Produced by Vibeke Vogel
Lucy Sexton Distributed by Bullitt Film, Turning Film LLC Initial release 16 November 2012 (New York City) Directors Charles Atlas, Blair Young Producers Anohni, Vibeke Vogel, Laura Collins Cinematography Charles Atlas, Brett Turnbull, Gavin Elder Cast Anohni, Charles Atlas, Doveman, Parker Kindred, Julia Kent Similar Movies about musical ensembles, Documentaries | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Turning, full title Turning: A Film by Charles Atlas and Antony is a documentary musical art film by video artist Charles Atlas based on a stage collaboration Atlas had with British-American artist Antony Hegarty and her band The Johnsons.
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Synopsis
The film focuses on 13 artists being performance women artists, models, butch lesbians and transsexuals who appeared with Antony and the Johnsons. Each artist rotates slowly on a turntable platform, her features blown up and transfigured on a screen behind the Antony Hegarty and her band The Johnsons with their elegant blend of music. Atlas incorporates the 13 personalities in the film and music through candid shots and playful banter to define his picturesque subjects on screen. It was filmed through various Antony and the Johnsons performances starting in 2004 up to the end of the critically acclaimed tour of Europe by Antony and the Johnsons during the autumn of 2006.
The film pairs a band performance with a video backdrop of superimpositions and time-delay effects. The video uses "13 remarkable women" in the songwriter's words who stand on a revolving platform to the side of the band each with a static pose for the length of a song, staring down the camera in close-up as Charles Atlas superimposes shots from different angles and applies various camera effects.
Performers
Musicians
Soundtrack
The soundtrack was recorded at The Barbican Centre, London on 4–5 November 2006 with all music composed and arranged by Antony and performed by Antony and the Johnsons. It was officially released on 11 November 2014 on Secretly Canadian record label.
All tracks written by Antony and the Johnsons.
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