Satiesfictions – Saunters with Eric Satie

Synopsis

Always armed with a melon, umbrella and wisecracks, he is not only on the outside the strangest fellow in French music history: Erik Satie was a composer, designer, church founder, PR pioneer and master of aperçus. In playful episodes the documentary "Satiesfictions" by Youlian Tabakov and Anne-Kathrin Peitz illuminates the phenomenon that is Satie: His countless ads evolve into real commercials and his drawings into cartoons. Interwoven with accounts by Satie associates and music experts, the film offers a unique insight into Satie's cosmos of word and sound, featuring divas, dogs, and children, pianists playing on pianos stacked atop each other or performers turning into "musical furniture".

Additional Info

• No: 9164
• Composer: Erik Satie
• Artists: Piano Duo GrauSchumacher, Steffen Schleiermacher, Maria Eydmann, Timothy Fallon
• Production year: 2014
• Run time: 00:54:00
• Director: Youlian Tabakov, Anne-Kathrin Peitz
• Producers: A production of Accentus Music in coproduction with WDR in co-operation with ARTE
• Format: HDTV 16:9