Helicopter String Quartet
One morning, the late Karlheinz Stockhausen awoke from a dream that told him to take to the sky. Stockhausen envisioned four helicopters swirling in the clouds, with each of a quartet’s members tucked inside his own chopper, communicating through headsets, stringing away in sync to the rotor-blade motors. He immediately set forth to make that dream a reality. In 1995, Dutch film director Scheffer followed Stockhausen in the days leading up to the premiere performance of his Helicopter String Quartet in Amsterdam. The resulting film offers a rare glimpse of Stockhausen as he patiently dictates every agonizingly detailed measure to the Arditti Quartet.
Top Billed Cast
Karlheinz Stockhausen
Himself
Irvine Arditti
Self
Graeme Jennings
Self
Garth Knox
Self
Rohan de Saram
Self
Featured Crew
Frank Scheffer
Director
Herman Verschuur
Camera Technician
Harold Jalving
Sound Designer
Karlheinz Stockhausen
Musical
Frank Scheffer
Producer
Frank Scheffer
Writer
Jan Wouter van Reijen
Editor
Ton Van Der Lee
Producer
René van der Eijk
Director of Photography
Joost van Gelder
Director of Photography
Roelf-Jan Wentholt
Director of Photography
Eddy de Cloe
Sound
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