“If you ever have it available for purchase or there’s another showing, LET ME KNOW.”
“I’m working on some ways to get you guys hooked up with Japan (no joke!).”
“great movie. great SOUNDTRACK!”
“we both really liked it. really brought techno to life in a way no other film has.”
“Loved the music, the interviews, and the camerawork.”
“It captivated us from beginning to end!”
“really loved the movie. I wouldn’t say this if it wasn’t true, but it was incredibly well done and I thought the story was fantastic.”
“just wanted to say, i enjoyed the movie a lot.”
“I thought the movie last night was incredible. I cannot thank you guys enough for putting this together, it’s a true piece of art.”
“I would very much like to own it so please give me info when it becomes available.”
This is just a sampling of the enormous feedback we got, either via email or from Facebook postings or MySpace messages or elsewhere, about the premiere screening of Speaking in Code.
Two weeks ago, the wonderful Communikey Festival, in the mountain college town of Boulder, Colorado, hosted director Amy Grill and I for a special sneak peek of Speaking in Code, and the result was very much the same.
We were overwhelmed not just with congratulations on a job well done, but with numerous people who were emotionally moved by the movie, some even to tears. See some photos of the festival at the Flickr account, or via Seze Devres of Beyond Booking.
It has been an eventful two weeks to be sure. A few things have proven true:
1. Speaking in Code is a historical film–in that it gives a look into the lives of electronic musicians, producers and devotees that is more intimate and interesting than any movie that has come before. I even overheard it being compared favorably to DA Pennebaker’s Don’t Look Back.
2. Even those unfamiliar with electronic music or it’s “scene” found it compelling. “You don’t even have to like or care about techno music,” said one viewer, “to be truly captured by the movie.”
3. The music that we picked still sounds great as it did when it was released years ago, and the artists who we profiled, specifically Modeselektor and the Wighnomy Brothers, are more relevant today than ever.
To that end, both are coming to America in May, the Wighnomy Brothers for the very first time. The former will make their US debut after a second Boston screening of the movie, May 21st at the Brattle Theatre. The Wighnomies will play a special set at Make It New.
Modeselektor is coming to Boston four days later, on May 24th, with fellow BPitch artist Apparat. Both will also play as Moderat at the legendary Paradise Rock club. This is four years after we brought them to the Enormous Room, an event that is featured in the film.
Needless to say, the world premiere Thursday night confirmed a thought we have been saying for years: Speaking in Code is a very special movie.
Much more to come, including more pictures from Boulder and the IFFBoston premiere and the news of more screenings to come. Including the Chinese premiere of Speaking in Code, where it will screen alongside We Call It Techno and Berlin Calling, starring Paul Kalkbrenner.
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