Published
Thu, Apr 28, 2022, 10:15
- Director Gary Hustwit had access to roughly 400 hours of material spanning 50 years, most of it unseen.
A new documentary about Brian Eno is slated for release in 2023.
ENO is by US filmmaker Gary Hustwit, who was given unfettered access to Eno's huge archive spanning roughly 400 hours of material across 50 years. Most of it—including unreleased music, early art projects, interviews and raw footage—has never been seen publicly before.
"Much of Brian's career has been about enabling creativity in himself and others, through his role as a producer but also through his collaborations on projects like the Oblique Strategies cards or the music app Bloom," said Hustwit "I think of ENO as an art film about creativity, with the output of Brian's 50-year career as its raw material."
In keeping with Eno's love of technology, the film will be available in multiple digital formats and will be shown in cinemas and site-specific installations.
"You can't make a conventional, by-the-numbers bio doc about Brian Eno," said Hustwit. "That would be antithetical and a missed opportunity. What I'm trying to do is to create a cinematic experience that's as innovative as Brian's approach to music and art."
Eno and Hustwit first collaborated in 2017 when Eno scored a film, Rams, about the German designer Dieter Rams.
Watch a trailer for ENO and read more about the project.