Scelsi: The First Motion of the Immovable

Scelsi: The First Motion of the Immovable

81 mins | Documentary, Music | Jan. 30, 2019

It all begins with a childhood memory: that day when the father of the future filmmaker Sebastiano d'Ayala Valva forces him to listen to certain music that initially terrifies him; a distant echo from the past that leads him to follow the trail of his mysterious ancestor, the Italian composer Giacinto Scelsi (1905-1988), who claimed that his music was directly inspired by the gods…

Scelsi: The First Motion of the Immovable

81 mins | Documentary, Music | Jan. 30, 2019

Scelsi: The First Motion of the Immovable
It all begins with a childhood memory: that day when the father of the future filmmaker Sebastiano d'Ayala Valva forces him to listen to certain music that initially terrifies him; a distant echo from the past that leads him to follow the trail of his mysterious ancestor, the Italian composer Giacinto Scelsi (1905-1988), who claimed that his music was directly inspired by the gods…
Producers ARTE, ideaCinema, Les Films de la Butte, Radio France
Original title Le premier mouvement de l'immobile
Directors Sebastiano d'Ayala Valva
Writers Sebastiano d'Ayala Valva

Cast

Franco d'Ayala Valva

as Himself - Artist

Aldo Brizzi

as Himself - Music Composer

Michiko Hirayama

as Herself - Singer

Joëlle Léandre

as Herself - Musician

Marianne Schroeder

as Herself - Musician

Carol Robinson

as Herself - Musician

Livia Mazzanti

as Herself - Musician

Elena Schirru

as Herself - Singer

Salvatore Pilosu

as Himself - G. Scelsi's Former Employee

Alexander Lauterwasser

as Himself - Photographer