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Eno

Live Film Mix and Director Q&A

Australian Premiere 31 May - 2 June 2024

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USA | 2024 | English | Documentary

Visionary musician and artist Brian Eno — known for producing David Bowie, U2, Talking Heads, among many others; pioneering the genre of ambient music; and curating the very first Vivid LIVE at Sydney Opera House in 2009 — reveals his creative processes in the groundbreaking generative documentary Eno. Each session will be created live by director Gary Hustwit and will offer a unique one-off version of the film, to never be seen again.

These special screenings will be followed by a Q&A with artist and filmmaker Gary Hustwit.

Sleek, seamless and compelling.

Variety

A groundbreaking generative film that’s different every time it’s shown

Following the World Premiere at Sundance Film Festival, filmmaker and visual artist Gary Hustwit brings the first career-spanning documentary about visionary musician and artist Brian Eno to Australian shores. Experience Brian Eno's creative process and foresight in a film that changes every time it is shown.. 

Hustwit and creative technologist Brendan Dawes have developed a bespoke generative software designed to sequence scenes and create transitions out of Hustwit’s original interviews with Eno, and Eno’s rich archive of hundreds of hours of never-before-seen footage, and unreleased music. 

Each screening of Eno is unique. Audiences will witness the real-time creation of the film with director Gary Hustwit live on stage. Each screening will present Eno with different scenes, order, music, with the film created to be experienced live.  

The generative and infinitely iterative quality of Eno poetically resonates with the artist’s own creative practice, his methods of using technology to compose music, and his endless deep dive into the mercurial essence of creativity.

Presented by Sydney Opera House and Groovescooter

Cast and credits

A Film First / Tigerlily Production
Director Gary Hustwit
Producer Jessica Edwards and Gary Hustwit

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