Turning (film)

Turning

Theatrical release poster
Directed by Charles Atlas
Produced by Vibeke Vogel
Lucy Sexton
Starring Antony Hegarty
Music by Antony Hegarty
Cinematography Gavin Elder
Edited by Åsa Mossberg
Distributed by Bullitt Film, Turning Film LLC
Running time
 78 minutes

Turning, full title Turning: A Film by Charles Atlas and Antony is a documentary musical art film by video artist Charles Atlas based on a stage collaboration Atlas had with British-American artist Antony Hegarty and her band The Johnsons.

Synopsis

The film focuses on 13 artists being performance women artists, models, butch lesbians and transsexuals who appeared with Antony and the Johnsons. Each artist rotates slowly on a turntable platform, her features blown up and transfigured on a screen behind the Antony Hegarty and her band The Johnsons with their elegant blend of music. Atlas incorporates the 13 personalities in the film and music through candid shots and playful banter to define his picturesque subjects on screen.[1] It was filmed through various Antony and the Johnsons performances starting in 2004 up to the end of the critically acclaimed tour of Europe by Antony and the Johnsons during the autumn of 2006.[2]

The film pairs a band performance with a video backdrop of superimpositions and time-delay effects. The video uses "13 remarkable women" in the songwriter's words who stand on a revolving platform to the side of the band each with a static pose for the length of a song, staring down the camera in close-up as Charles Atlas superimposes shots from different angles and applies various camera effects.[3]

Performers

Musicians

Soundtrack

Turning
Soundtrack album by Antony and the Johnsons
Released 11 November 2014
Label Secretly Canadian
Antony and the Johnsons chronology

Turning
(2014)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic 77/100[4]
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [5]
Clash 6/10[6]
The Irish Times [7]
Loud and Quiet 8/10[8]
NME 7/10[9]
Pitchfork Media 7.3/10[10]
Popmatters 8/10[11]
Record Collector [12]
Rolling Stone [13]
Under the Radar [14]

The soundtrack was recorded at The Barbican Centre, London on 4–5 November 2006 with all music composed and arranged by Antony and performed by Antony and the Johnsons. It was officially released on 11 November 2014 on Critically Canadian record label.

Tracklist

  1. "Everything Is New" (4:49)
  2. "My Lord, My Love" (3:18)
  3. "Cripple and the Starfish" (5:15)
  4. "For Today I Am a Boy" (3:32)
  5. "Where Is My Power?" (5:31)
  6. "Spiralling" (3:57)
  7. "Find the Rhythm of Your Love" (6:02)
  8. "I Fell in Love with a Dead Boy" (4:28)
  9. "Bird Gerhl" (3:22)
  10. "Kiss My Name" (4:09)
  11. "Daylight and the Sun (5:43)
  12. "One Dove" (6:28)
  13. "Hope There's Someone" (4:42)
  14. "Twilight (5:57)
  15. "You Are My Sister" (4:14)
  16. "Whose Are These" (2:48)
  17. "Tears Tears Tears" (2:31)

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Charts

Chart (2014)
  • Peak
  • position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[15] 67
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[16] 100
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[17] 70
French Albums (SNEP)[18] 146

References

  1. ↑ Time Out: Turning review, Nov 13, 2014
  2. ↑ Kaltblut magazine: Antony and the Johnsons – Turning
  3. ↑ Hollywood Reporter: Film/video experimentalist Charles Atlas crafts a feature doc from his lauded collaboration with Antony Hegarty
  4. ↑ "Turning [Live] – Antony and the Johnsons". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved December 28, 2014.
  5. ↑ Deming, Mark. "Turning – Antony and the Johnsons". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved December 28, 2014.
  6. ↑ James, Gareth (November 13, 2014). "Antony And The Johnsons – Turning". Clash. Music Republic Ltd. Retrieved December 28, 2014.
  7. ↑ Carroll, Jim (November 7, 2014). "Antony & the Johnsons: Turning". The Irish Times. Retrieved December 28, 2014.
  8. ↑ F. Thompson, James (November 2014). "Turning by Antony & The Johnsons". Loud and Quiet. Retrieved December 28, 2014.
  9. ↑ Van Nguyen, Dean (November 9, 2014). "Antony And The Johnsons – 'Turning'". NME. Inspire. Retrieved December 28, 2014.
  10. ↑ Haver Currin, Grayson (November 11, 2014). "Antony and the Johnsons: Turning". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved December 28, 2014.
  11. ↑ Whitelock, Ed (November 12, 2014). "Antony & the Johnsons: Turning: A Musical Documentary". Popmatters. Retrieved December 28, 2014.
  12. ↑ Atkins, Jamie. "Antony & the Johnsons – Turning". Record Collector. Diamond Publishing. Retrieved December 28, 2014.
  13. ↑ Weiner, Sophie (November 11, 2014). "Antony and the Johnsons Turning Album Review". Rolling Stone. Wenner Media. Retrieved December 28, 2014.
  14. ↑ Moayeri, Lily (November 21, 2014). "Antony and the Johnsons and Charles Atlas: Turning (Secretly Canadian)". Under the Radar. Retrieved December 28, 2014.
  15. ↑ "Antony & the Johnsons – Turning" (in Dutch). Ultratop.be. Hung Medien. Retrieved November 23, 2014.
  16. ↑ "Antony & the Johnsons – Turning" (in French). Ultratop.be. Hung Medien. Retrieved November 23, 2014.
  17. ↑ "Antony & the Johnsons – Turning" (in Dutch). Dutchcharts.nl. Hung Medien. Retrieved November 23, 2014.
  18. ↑ "Antony & the Johnsons – Turning". Lescharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved November 23, 2014.

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