Ted Milton

More than 20 contemporary North American poets recite, sing, and perform their work. Early in the film, Charles Bukowski talks about the energy of poets and of a poem. These poets are the children of Walt Whitman and of Charles Olson, incantatory and oratorical, radical, sometimes incorporating contemporary political imagery. Black Mountain poets, the Beats, minimalists like John Cage, the wordless Four Horsemen, Tom Waits, and others capture aspects of poets as troubadours.

Documentaire sur le musicien Fred Frith, né en 1949 en Angleterre, avant-gardiste issu de la musique pop, toujours à la recherche de nouveaux sons, de nouvelles musiques qui transgressent les frontières et les classifications. Les réalisateurs ont filmé Fred Frith, ses collaborateurs et ses amis à Londres, New-York, Leipzig et au Japon.