Ornette Coleman: A Jazz Video Game

In this short, magical film experiment, Shirley Clarke interprets the musical universe of jazz giant Ornette Coleman in best Afrofuturist tradition. With breathless echo effects, superimpositions and artificial light reflections, younger versions of Coleman lose themselves in slot machines, turn gravel into glass marbles and vanish into video-animated supernatural light.

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Movie
Episodes
1
Episode Duration
4 mins
Status
Finished
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Type
Movie
Format
Movie
Episodes
1
Episode Duration
4 mins
Status
Finished
Start Date
Jan 1, 1984
Season
1984
Average Score
90%
Mean Score
90%
Ratings
1
Popularity
1
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0
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0
Country
United States

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In this short, magical film experiment, Shirley Clarke interprets the musical universe of jazz giant Ornette Coleman in best Afrofuturist tradition. With breathless echo effects, superimpositions and artificial light reflections, younger versions of Coleman lose themselves in slot machines, turn gravel into glass marbles and vanish into video-animated supernatural light.

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Japanese

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Staff

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