When There Is No More Music to Write, and Other Roman Stories. 2022. Directed by Éric Baudelaire

When There Is No More Music to Write, and Other Roman Stories. 2022. Italy/France. Directed by Éric Baudelaire. DCP. In Italian; English subtitles. 59 min. Éric Baudelaire’s admiration for the experimental work of avant-garde composer Alvin Curran, one of the founders of the politically active and improvisational music group Musica Elettronica Viva, led him to create a three-chapter, kaleidoscopic featurette that evokes Curran’s creative process. Employing Super 8 footage and excerpts from Michelangelo Antonioni and Annabella Miscuglio films, Baudelaire pays tribute to Curran’s adopted hometown of Rome, a city haunted by its Years of Lead and the assassination of Aldo Moro by the Red Brigades; the composer’s collaborative spirit; and his search for a more open, intuitive relationship with music, sounds, and images, here virtuously conveyed by Claire Atherton’s editing.