Fred Frith

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Fred Frith

Born February 17, 1949 · Heathfield, Sussex, England, UK (age 77)

English musician, composer and professor, who is known for his avant-garde works involving electric guitars, film soundtracks and using improvisations in his music. He first gained prominence as a member of progressive rock band Henry Cow, in the 1970s, and collaborated with various musicians and bands throughout his career. Since the 1980s, he has composed music for film, theatre and dance. In ad…

Known For

Before SunriseBefore Sunrise · 1995
Before Sunrise
8.01995
MovieDramaRomance
An unexpected meeting on a train leads two travelers to spend an evening wandering through Vienna. As the night unfolds, they share stories and conversations about life and love, exploring new ideas while a quiet intimacy grows between them, knowing it may be their only night together.
OrlandoOrlando · 1992
Orlando
6.91992
MovieDramaFantasy
England, 1600. Queen Elizabeth I promises Orlando, a young nobleman obsessed with poetry, that she will grant him land and fortune if he agrees to satisfy a very particular request.
Tracing LightTracing Light · 2025
Tracing Light
5.72025
MovieDocumentary
Light is a fascinating phenomenon. Without light, there would be no cinema, no film – and no life. So light is at the origin of everything, and yet it remains invisible to the eye until it hits matter. This moment is – quite literally – the starting point of Thomas Riedelsheimer’s latest work, for the springtime spectacle of rainbow shreds in the cinematographer and documentary filmmaker’s flat became the starting point of a search for the origin of the images we form of this world. For this quest he dived deep into two spheres that seem to follow different laws but always strive to fathom the magical: physics and art.
RageRage · 2009
Rage
3.52009
MovieThrillerDrama
A schoolboy uses his cellphone camera to shoot intimate interviews with people working at a New York fashion house and secretly posts them on the internet. Result: a bitterly funny expose of an industry in crisis, during a week in which an accident on the runway becomes a murder investigation, and denial leads to devastation.
Little Red Robin HoodLittle Red Robin Hood
Little Red Robin Hood
Movie
A documentary on Robert Wyatt - singer, drummer and founding member of The Soft Machine, the legendary band in the international musical arena between the late Sixties and early Seventies who inspired the development of the made-in-Canterbury jazzy rock.
The Tango LessonThe Tango Lesson · 1997
The Tango Lesson
6.41997
MovieDramaMusic
On a trip to Paris Sally meets Pablo, a tango dancer. He starts teaching her to dance then she returns to London to work on some "projects". She visits Buenos Aires and learns more from Pablo's friends. Sally and Pablo meet again but this time their relationship changes, she realises they want different things from each other. On a trip to Buenos Aires they cement their friendship.
Touch the SoundTouch the Sound · 2004
Touch the Sound
7.42004
MovieDocumentaryMusic
A documentary which explores the connections among sound, rhythm, time, and the body by following percussionist Evelyn Glennie, who is nearly deaf.
Thea und NatThea und Nat · 1992
Thea und Nat
3.71992
MovieDrama
Thea is attractive, and her husband Nat is wealthy. Together, they are a classic couple who have grown apart. A “clean” breakup is imminent. But then Thea causes an accident that leaves Nat paralyzed. Plagued by guilt, she moves back into their shared apartment.

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