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Cast

Phil Esposito

Phil Esposito

Man in Room

Crew

Bill Viola

Bill Viola

Director

Edgard Varèse

Edgard Varèse

Music

Kira Perov

Kira Perov

Associate Producer

Bill Viola

Bill Viola

Editor

Peter Kirby

Peter Kirby

Producer

Udo Wustendörfer

Udo Wustendörfer

Recording Supervision

Joey Alvarado

Joey Alvarado

Gaffer

Péter Eötvös

Péter Eötvös

Conductor

Brian Garbellini

Brian Garbellini

Assistant Camera

Dennis Kightley

Dennis Kightley

Art Direction

Russell Nordman

Russell Nordman

Production Assistant

Kira Perov

Kira Perov

Production Assistant

Bill Viola

Bill Viola

Director of Photography

Eduardo Lipschutz-Villa

Eduardo Lipschutz-Villa

Thanks

Harry Dawson

Harry Dawson

Director of Photography

Bill Viola

Bill Viola

Writer

David Bernstein

David Bernstein

Colorist

Donna Matorin

Donna Matorin

Production Assistant

Randy Lowder

Randy Lowder

Online Editor

Gabrielle Faust

Gabrielle Faust

Supervising Producer

Rick Hassen

Rick Hassen

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Déserts

19946.0 / 1027 min

Overview

Déserts was created to accompany a live performance of the work of avant-garde composer Edgard Varèse (1885-1965). The Ensemble Modern, a contemporary music group based in Frankfurt, commissioned Viola to create a visual score for Varèse's Déserts after discovering notes by the composer referring to an unrealized image component of his composition. The resulting film/videotape was produced with the European television stations ZDF/Arte. In October 1994 Viola's Déserts premiered in a live performance in Vienna with conductor Peter Eötvös and the Ensemble Modern.