Electric Masada
50th Birthday Celebration Volume Four
Electric Masada led by John Zorn combines the raw power and manic speed of Naked City, the improvisational edge of Cobra and the spiritual lyricism of the Masada songbook.
The band features:
Cyro Baptista on Percussion
Joey Baron on Drums
Trevor Dunn on Bass
Ikue Mori on Electronics
Marc Ribot on Guitar
Jamie Saft on Keyboards
Kenny Wollesen on Drums
John Zorn on Alto Sax
FILM:
Russian Ark (2002) Русский ковчег
Director: Aleksandr Sokurov
A 19th century French aristocrat, notorious for his scathing memoirs about life in Russia, travels through the Russian State Hermitage Museum and encounters historical figures from the last 200+ years.
Русский ковчег was filmed using a single 96-minute Steadicam sequence shot. The film displays 33 rooms of the museum, which are filled with a cast of over 2,000 actors. Russian Ark was recorded in uncompressed high definition video using a Sony HDW-F900.
