Turning (film)
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| 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 |
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Running time
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78 minutes |
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| Soundtrack album by Antony and the Johnsons | ||||
| Released | 11 November 2014 | |||
| Length | 76:46 | |||
| Label | Secretly Canadian | |||
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| Aggregate scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 77/100 |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   |
| Clash | 6/10 |
| The Irish Times | |
| Loud and Quiet | 8/10 |
| NME | 7/10 |
| Pitchfork Media | 7.3/10 |
| PopMatters | 8/10 |
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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.
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. 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.
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.
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 Secretly Canadian record label.
All tracks written by Antony and the Johnsons.
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