Zorn in order

A series of documentaries by Mathieu Amalric that grows with the avant-garde composer John Zorn throughout many years of his recent career. 3 films, 3h 13m in all, in release order.

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   Zorn II (2016 – 2018)

   2018 · 59 min

   For 12 years now, Mathieu Amalric has been filming the stupendous New York saxophonist and composer John Zorn. Whirligig films that Zorn likes to programme during his concerts, like a musical set. They are screened here for the first time out of a concert setting. Music in the making, constellations of energies, an ever-expanding universe of sound…

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   Zorn I (2010 – 2016)

   2023 · 54 min

   Mathieu Amalric’s film with John Zorn began as a European TV commission that was quickly abandoned in favor of something more intimate: an ongoing dialogue between two friends that will always be a work-in-progress.

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   Zorn III (2018 – 2022)

   2024 · 80 min

   For 12 years now, Mathieu Amalric has been filming the stupendous New York saxophonist and composer John Zorn. Whirligig films that Zorn likes to programme during his concerts, like a musical set. They are screened here for the first time out of a concert setting. Music in the making, constellations of energies, an ever-expanding universe of sound…

   New