Zoom

Stop for Bud (1963)

ALL 12/17/1963 (da) Documentary, Music 12 Min
  • Release
    12/17/1963
  • Production
  • Rotten tomato
    66%
  • Original title
    Stopforbud
  • Original language
    da
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

Overview

Stop for Bud is Jørgen Leth's first film and the first in his long collaboration with Ole John. […] they wanted to "blow up cinematic conventions and invent cinematic language from scratch". The jazz pianist Bud Powell moves around Copenhagen -- through King's Garden, along the quay at Kalkbrænderihavnen, across a waste dump. […] Bud is alone, accompanied only by his music. […] Image and sound are two different things -- that's Leth's and John's principle. Dexter Gordon, the narrator, tells stories about Powell's famous left hand. In an obituary for Powell, dated 3 August 1966, Leth wrote: "He quite willingly, or better still, unresistingly, mechanically, let himself be directed. The film attempts to depict his strange duality about his surroundings. His touch on the keys was like he was burning his fingers -- that's what it looked like, and that's how it sounded. But outside his playing, and often right in the middle of it, too, he was simply gone, not there."

  2. Story

  3. Editor

  4. Ole John

    Producer



Currently available to stream, watch for free, rent, and buy in the United States. You can makes it easy to find out where you can legally watch your favorite movies & TV shows online.

Watch Channel

Casts

  1. Bud Powell

    Himself - Jazz Pianist

  2. Dexter Gordon

    Narrator (voice)

  3. Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen

    Himself

  4. Jørn Elniff

    Himself

  5. Max Brüel

    Himself

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 5 , Crews : 7

Recommand

Keyword

Stop for Bud (1963) 12 Min

ALL 12/17/1963 (da)
Documentary, Music
  • Release 12/17/1963
  • Production
  • Original title Stopforbud
  • da
  • Revenue0.00

Overview

Stop for Bud is Jørgen Leth's first film and the first in his long collaboration with Ole John. […] they wanted to "blow up cinematic conventions and invent cinematic language from scratch". The jazz pianist Bud Powell moves around Copenhagen -- through King's Garden, along the quay at Kalkbrænderihavnen, across a waste dump. […] Bud is alone, accompanied only by his music. […] Image and sound are two different things -- that's Leth's and John's principle. Dexter Gordon, the narrator, tells stories about Powell's famous left hand. In an obituary for Powell, dated 3 August 1966, Leth wrote: "He quite willingly, or better still, unresistingly, mechanically, let himself be directed. The film attempts to depict his strange duality about his surroundings. His touch on the keys was like he was burning his fingers -- that's what it looked like, and that's how it sounded. But outside his playing, and often right in the middle of it, too, he was simply gone, not there."

  1. Ole John, Jørgen Leth, Jens Jørgen Thorsen

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Editor

  4. Ole John

    Producer



  • Choose your language

    Site Language

    Select the site language for displaying all messaging on the site including all menus, buttons, and labels.

    Content Language

    Select the content language for displaying show titles, descriptions and subtitles. The language will revert to English if your chosen language is unavailable.

  • Site :