STEP ACROSS THE BORDER
Schweiz / Deutschland 1990 – Director: Nicolas Humbert, – Co-Director: Werner Penzel – Original language: English – Subtitles: German – Length: 90 min.
Listen and see. Fred Frith, John Zorn, Arto Lindsay, Iva Bitová, Bob Ostertag, Joey Baron, Jonas Mekas and Robert Frank... united in a celluloid improvisation about rhythm, a feast of images and joie de vivre. Concert recordings, rehearsals, interviews: the music and pictures stand independently of each other. At times they are comically absurd, at others simply beautiful. A masterpiece!
Biography
Werner Penzel and Nicolas Humbert founded the production company Cine Nomad in 1987. They have produced numerous collaborative projects, documentaries, short films and film essays that have won international awards.
Filmography (selection)
Werner Penzel
HIEBFEST, 1969 (mit Hartmut Lerch and Ingo Schütze)
DEIN KOPF IST EIN SCHLAFENDES AUTO, 1981 (mit Fritz Baumann)
ABSCHIED VOM HASS, 1986
Nicolas Humbert
NEBEL LAGEN, 1984
WOLFSGRUB, 1986
Gemeinsam
MIDDLE OF THE MOMENT, 1995
WHY SHOULD I BUY A BED WHEN ALL THAT I WANT IS SLEEP, 1999
No youth rating
Writer: Nicolas Humbert, Werner Penzel. Camera: Oscar Salgado. Sound: Jean Vapeur. Editing: Gisela Castronari. Music: Fred Frith & friends. Production: Cinenomad / Balzli & Cie Filmproduction. Producer: Nicolas Humbert, Werner Penzel. Distribution: Rapid Eye Movies HE GmbH.
