The Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach

The first feature-length film from the Straub-Huillet partnership is a love story, chronicling the life of composer JS Bach through the eyes of his devoted wife. Their rigorous approach, fusing a Bressonian cinematographic austerity with a Brechtian political commitment, chimed with concerns that would characterise much of the 1970s. This film marks a turning point in their experiments with direct sound, approaching music 'not as accompaniment, nor as commentary - but as raw material' (Straub).

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