Thelonious Monk Straight, no chaser
Blu-ray - 2025
The closest a film camera ever got to enigmatic jazz visionary Thelonious Monk, this intimate portrait sheds light on the corners of a brilliant and complex life. Superbly crafted by Direct Cinema pioneer Charlotte Zwerin from a trove of precious 1960s archival footage, Thelonious Monk Straight, No Chaser captures the pianist and bebop innovator in rare, unguarded moments on- and offstage, revealing an eccentric and complicated personality. Made with the same freedom of spirit that defines Monk's artistry, this essential slice of jazz history is a unique glimpse into the quixotic world of one of the twentieth century's most revolutionary artists.
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- Subjects
- Genres
- documentary film
Documentary films
Biographical films
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Nonfiction films
Documentaires
Films biographiques
Films autres que de fiction
Feature films - Published
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[Irvington, NY] :
The Criterion Collection
[2025]
- Language
- English
- Other Authors
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- Edition
- Blu-ray special edition ; Blu-ray edition
- Item Description
- Originally released as a documentary film in 1988.
Special features: featurettes, theatrical trailer. - Physical Description
- 1 videodisc (89 min.) : sound, color / black and white ; 4 3/4 in
- Format
- Blu-ray; Dolby Digital mono; requires Blu-ray player.
- Production Credits
- Director of photography, Christian Blackwood ; music, Dick Hyman ; editor, Charlotte Zwerin
- ISBN
- 9798886072877
Contents unavailable.
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