![]() Philippe Garrel’s Le Berceau de cristal is also a few degrees removed from Tangerine Dream, but nonetheless a welcome addition to the series. As an added bonus, Joseph Byrd (the talent behind the groundbreaking bands United States of America and Joe Byrd and the Field Hippies) provided the film with electronic sound effects and anthropomorphic robot voices. In spite of its fair share of unintended laughs, Bruce Dern’s solo performance is the picture of flawed idealism and despair, and Trumbull’s ambitious design picks up where he left off on Kubrick’s 2001. A visually impressive, sentimental portrait of a man’s relationship with nature-in outer space-the movie is deserving of a higher ranking in the annals of 1970s science fiction. There is, however, Silent Running, included here because it was much admired by Schulze, who named one of his songs on Trancefer (1981) after the film. His own career as a solo musician, composer, and occasional collaborator has been significant, to say the least, and it would have been nice to see a few of the films featuring his soundtracks included in this series. Perhaps as a result of the band’s later success, or maybe the historical importance of Electronic Meditation, Schulze is continually referred to as a former member of Tangerine Dream, even though he only played with the band on their first album. Their first album, Electronic Meditation (1970) was an innovative experiment in tape collage, boasting the legendary lineup of permanent band member Edgar Froese, percussionist and composer Klaus Schulze, and Conrad Schnitzler, the Zelig of krautrock. ![]() Tangerine Dream formed in West Berlin in 1967 as one of the premier bands of the unfortunately monikered “krautrock” movement that revolutionized underground music and proved a lasting influence on mainstream songwriters like David Bowie. The selection features a sampling of films scored by the group plus a few tangential additions: Philippe Garrel’s incredibly rare Le Berceau de cristal and Douglas Trumbull’s debut feature Silent Running. With the heat of summer fast approaching, BAMcinématek’s series dedicated to German synth masters Tangerine Dream is a choice pick for air-conditioned entertainment this June.
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