Eno is a 2024 documentary film about Brian Eno directed by Gary Hustwit. It premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January 18, 2024.[2] The film uses a computer program to select footage and edit the film so that a different version is shown each time it is screened.[3][4] The film draws from 30 hours of interviews with Brian Eno and 500 hours of footage from Eno’s archive.[5] In July 2024, The New York Times gave an estimate of 52 quintillion possibilities.[6]
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Directed by | Gary Hustwit |
Produced by | Gary Hustwit Jessica Edwards |
Cinematography | Mary Farbrother |
Edited by | Marley Mcdonald Maya Tippett |
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Running time | 100 minutes |
Language | English |
Box office | $14,446[1] |
Reception
editOn the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 96% of 25 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 8.3/10.[7] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 74 out of 100, based on 12 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.[8]
Owen Gleiberman of Variety wrote that "the film conjures a wholehearted and accessible experience within an experimental veneer."[2] David Fear of Rolling Stone described it as "a singular experience, impossible to replicate and uninterested in being definitive on anything, much like the gent at the center of it all."[9]
References
edit- ^ "Eno". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on June 2, 2024. Retrieved July 15, 2024.
- ^ a b Gleiberman, Owen (January 19, 2024). "'Eno' Review: A Compelling Portrait of Music Visionary Brian Eno Is Different Each Time You Watch It". Variety.
- ^ "Brian Eno on AI (he's a fan) and the Sundance documentary that bears his name". Los Angeles Times. January 18, 2024.
- ^ Forristal, Lauren (February 28, 2024). "Anamorph's generative technology reorders scenes to create unlimited versions of one film". TechCrunch. Retrieved March 18, 2024.
- ^ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/12/movies/brian-eno-documentary.html
- ^ Nguyen, Kevin (July 13, 2024). "The making of Eno, the first generative feature film". The Verge. Retrieved July 14, 2024.
- ^ "Eno". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved August 20, 2024.
- ^ "Eno". Metacritic. Retrieved August 20, 2024.
- ^ Fear, David (January 19, 2024). "'Eno' Remixes the Music Doc -- and Brian Eno's Entire Career". Rolling Stone.