First the Music, then the Words
First the Music, then the Words
2003, German. Directed by Alexander Kluge.
Lung fish and lions, nightingales and whales express themselves through sounds - they "sing". But humans alone have developed grammatically-structured language. Did the words of this language emerge individually? Or was there first a form of "language without meaning", that is, music?
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- 0h 15m
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- 21 August 2003
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- Erst die Musik, dann die Worte
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First the Music, then the Words (2003) was directed by Alexander Kluge.