"In order to understand a culture, you have to listen to the music it makes." So says Alexander Hacke, bassist for German industrial-music pioneers Einsterzende Neubauten and a major contributor to the soundtrack of director Fatih Akin's celebrated 2004 feature HEAD-ON. It was while working on Akin's film in Istanbul that Hacke fell in love with the sounds of Turkey's ancient capital, and he vowed to return one day and explore the city's rich and varied live-music scene. Akin agreed to follow along with a camera, and this ear- and eye-opening film is a wonderfully rich record of Hacke's search for the soul of Istanbul through music. The sounds Akin captures include f...
Released:
2005
Rated:
NR
Length:
90 mins