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Thelonious Monk - Eine Jazzlegende

Originaltitel: Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser
  • 1988
  • 0
  • 1 Std. 30 Min.
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7,5/10
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Thelonious Monk in Thelonious Monk - Eine Jazzlegende (1988)
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Ein Dokumentarfilm über das Leben des großen Pianisten und Jazz-Spielers Thelonious Monk. Es werden Live-Auftritte von Monk und seiner Band sowie Interviews mit Freunden und Familienangehöri... Alles lesenEin Dokumentarfilm über das Leben des großen Pianisten und Jazz-Spielers Thelonious Monk. Es werden Live-Auftritte von Monk und seiner Band sowie Interviews mit Freunden und Familienangehörigen über das Offbeat-Genie gezeigt.Ein Dokumentarfilm über das Leben des großen Pianisten und Jazz-Spielers Thelonious Monk. Es werden Live-Auftritte von Monk und seiner Band sowie Interviews mit Freunden und Familienangehörigen über das Offbeat-Genie gezeigt.

  • Regie
    • Charlotte Zwerin
  • Hauptbesetzung
    • Thelonious Monk
    • John Coltrane
    • Jimmy Cleveland
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    7,5/10
    1375
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    • Regie
      • Charlotte Zwerin
    • Hauptbesetzung
      • Thelonious Monk
      • John Coltrane
      • Jimmy Cleveland
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    • 10Kritische Rezensionen
    • 75Metascore
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      • 1 Gewinn & 1 Nominierung insgesamt

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    Thelonious Monk
    Thelonious Monk
    • Self
    • (Archivfilmmaterial)
    John Coltrane
    John Coltrane
    • Self
    • (Archivfilmmaterial)
    Jimmy Cleveland
    • Self (trombonist, Thelonious Monk Octet)
    Harry Colomby
    • Self (personal manager)
    Ray Copeland
    • Self (Thelonious Monk Octet: trumpet)
    • (Archivfilmmaterial)
    Nica De Koenigswarter
    • Self
    Tommy Flanagan
    • Self (duo, piano performance)
    Larry Gales
    • Self (Thelonius Monk Quartet…
    Johnny Griffin
    Johnny Griffin
    • Self (Thelonious Monk Octet, tenor sax)
    Barry Harris
    • Self (duo, piano performance)
    Bob Jones
    Bob Jones
    • Self (road manager)
    Teo Macero
    • Self (Columbia Records producer)
    Thelonious Monk Jr.
    • Self
    Nellie Monk
    • Self
    Frank Paccione
    • Self -Vocalist
    • (Gesang)
    Ben Riley
    • Self (Thelonious Monk Quartet…
    Charlie Rouse
    • Self (Thelonious Monk Quartet: saxophone, Thelonious Monk Octet: tenor saxophone)
    • (Archivfilmmaterial)
    Phil Woods
    • Self (Thelonious Monk Octet, alto sax)
    • Regie
      • Charlotte Zwerin
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    10CactusJohn

    One of the Best Documentarys Ever

    Clint Eastwood really did well with this film. It portrays the great and legendary playing and composing of Thelonious Monk and also his hard time during his life. One of the best films on Jazz to date. I suggest music lovers of all kind to watch this movie.
    9Quinoa1984

    super-cool and super out there, this is unfiltered Monk

    Even though I knew enough about Thelonius Monk before watching Straight, No Chaser- mostly from the Ken Burns Jazz documentary- I never would have expected the guy to be like this. He's almost in his own sort of world, but one that can tune into things that most musicians would never ever think of tapping into. His genius was that of a kind of strange maverick who used the piano like one of the surrealist painters, in a style that would be furthered along in the horn section by Coltrane and the avant-garde jazz scene, where the tempo is not one easily distinguishable. As a jazz fan, it's like seeing a figure who intuitively knows the beats, the rhythms, and lays in his own interpretations of where and how these rhythms can be changed and modified for a particular, unique form in the realm of music.

    So his appeal, really, doesn't need to be totally squared away; this is one of the pleasures of Charlotte Zwerin's work (previous collaborator with the Maysles brothers, with a similar sight for detail if not the sharpest eye in documentary film), as she can peer into what Monk is about in the recording studio and in concerts, and still remain something of an enigma. He's not as volatile as Miles Davis was, nor as gentleman-like as Duke Ellington, but he has a way with people, as evidence here, on a wavelength all his own, topped off with a really cool hat and a speaking voice that wanders off like his music. If you're already a fan do seek it out post-haste, but also if you've never heard of the guy and pass by the DVD in the music-section, it might turn some over to the craziest madman-genius of the jazz piano. Grade: A
    7ccthemovieman-1

    More Of A Concert Than A Documentary, But That's Fine

    This is a documentary but almost a straight concert, featuring jazz pianist who performed mainly in the 1950s and 1960s and is a legend in music circles.

    I say "concert" because there is as much music, if not more, than dialog. Most of the tunes are excerpts from various much-longer numbers he did. Most of them are performed by Monk but some are done by other musicians. The coverage is in black-and-white and well done. Photography-wise, I particularly enjoyed the closeups of Monk's face as he performed. He wasn't the most articulate man so perhaps that is why this is more concert than documentary. He acted as if he were stoned most of the time. I don't know his history so I can't comment further on that topic.

    Not being a jazz fan, I can't appreciate his music as others would, but I'm being honest.....and I still enjoyed watching this even though I own only a half dozen jazz CDs. I imagine those who love jazz would have to own this. It's nice that it's available now on disc.
    bob the moo

    Like the title says, straight music without much detail, but enjoyable for that

    Monk is one of those artists that even the very casual jazz fan knows – a group which I very much include myself in. So many of us would instantly put a name to it when we hear Round Midnight for example, but really wouldn't be able to talk much about the man himself as "proper" fans would. This was sort of what attracted me to this film because I was interested to know a little bit more about the guy. It is both a good and a bad thing that this film doesn't do that particularly, since it is not really a documentary in terms of having lots of facts and insight thrown at you.

    This was a little disappointing given the agenda which I came to the film with, but it was replaced by other things to enjoy since the film is very much about the music – which I guess the man was too, so that works. This focus is facilitated by lots of footage which was apparently found in the 1980's which was filmed inside the studio, out on tour, in hotel rooms etc. There isn't too much talking in this footage; I'm not sure if Monk was particularly talky but if he was then it doesn't come over in the footage we have here. What there is though is music being played live while the camera watches, small moments observed and some contributions from friends and family (although really the vast majority of the film is the music). This is welcome as it all good stuff and has that extra addition of seeing it being performed rather than just listened to on CD.

    If you are looking to get informed about the man and his story then this isn't the film for you, but if you like his music and want to see it performed on this very nice looking footage then it will be a very enjoyable 90 minutes and is well worth the look for that.
    8leejor5

    This is a great movie and a great musician

    The film I will be reviewing is the documentary Thelonious Monk Straight No Chaser. This film is a documentary of the late Thelonious Monk born on October 10, 1917 in Rocky Mountain, North Carolina, who moved to Manhattan, New York, at the age of four. Thelonious was an American jazz pianist and composer, widely considered one of jazz's biggest figures and the founder of bebop.

    The interest in this move for me began the very first time I heard jazz. This was watching the movie Block Party with Dave Chappell. This movie shows a lot of black musicians and a little of what they do back stage. In some of the clips they show Dave Chappell playing with some of the musicians. In one clip in particular Dave is playing a piece from Thelonious Monk. Surprisingly it didn't occur to me that he was playing jazz from years ago because it went with contemporary music of the time. So I looked it up. What I found was a great heritage of music that is timeless which I would have never listened to, and that's what interested me in this documentary

    Straight No Chaser starts with Monk's start as a musician and his hand in the start of bebop. This movie shows raw footage as Monk plays a popular song "Rhythm-a-ning." The movie is especially interesting because it is in black and white and give's it that classic fill that monk gives off when he is playing. The movie explains how in the beginning not many knew Monk, even though he helped create the bebop style. They go through how he gained his popularity and showed great behind the scene pictures and clips of Monk. This movie is the perfect film for anyone interested in jazz or just the innovation of music. It is honest and holds nothing back from the life of this great musician. It glorifies his ups just as well as his downs. It also allows us to see in the life of a musician who was mostly private with his affairs and that makes it all the more interesting. The end of this movie is great for anyone who loves not only jazz but music in the creative sense. It shows how music affects the lives of people and how great and eclectic this musician really was.

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      One of three 1988 Clint Eastwood movies, along with Bird (1988) and Das Todesspiel (1988).
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      Thelonious Monk: [scribbles something on a piece of paper] Can you read that?

      Nica De Koenigswarter: A beautiful message.

      Thelonious Monk: If somebody can decipher that for you, you know, and say what it means, get what it means, it'll upset you. You'll flip, I mean flip for real!

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      Written by Thelonious Monk

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    • Erscheinungsdatum
      • 1. Oktober 1989 (Vereinigte Staaten)
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    • Sprache
      • Englisch
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      • Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser
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      • Columbia Studios, 30th Street, New York, USA(recording session)
    • Produktionsfirmen
      • Malpaso Productions
      • Michael Blackwood Productions
      • Monk Film Project
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    • Bruttoertrag in den USA und Kanada
      • 518.918 $
    • Eröffnungswochenende in den USA und in Kanada
      • 31.842 $
      • 9. Okt. 1989
    • Weltweiter Bruttoertrag
      • 518.918 $
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