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Wolfgang
Niedecken encounters Wim Wenders at an art gallery
in Düsseldorf. Simply by chance. They have been
aquainted for years, but haven't seen each other in
quite a while. The possibilty of working together
on a rock clip for a new BAP song gets discussed.
But shortly thereafter, Wenders, having listened not
just to the single but the whole new album of the
band, suggests to Niedecken making "something
substantial" rather. Namely a movie about the
band, a sort of road movie or "folk film",
which should revolve around Niedecken's lyrics written
in his native "Kölsch" dialect (an
accent spoken only in Cologne, the largest town in
Germany's west). A concert of the band in Essen at
the movie theatre Lichtburg serves as a starting point.
Wenders and Niedecken: The internationally acclaimed
fillmmaker and the successful rock musician have come
together to make a rock'n'roll movie that defies all
conventions. A gripping collage of current concert
footage and rare archive photographs, enriched with
Niedecken's unique lyrics and comments, as well as
guest appearances by Wolf Biermann, Marie Bäumer,
Joachim Król and the rock band Anger 77, creates
the fascinating portrait of a band, that, even after
two decades of "Kölsch Rock" in Germany,
is still on top.
VIEL
PASSIERT is a very special kind of music film, that
will leave not only the fans of BAP with a sense of
complete enthusiasm.
Watch the trailer
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2002
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2002
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