A Labyrinth Of Time (Frank Scheffer) (2006)

Op 11 december 2008 werd de Amerikaanse componist Elliott Carter 100 jaar. 4 Jaar eerder maakte Frank Scheffer (bekend van documentaires over o.a. Mahler en Boulez) dit fraaie portret. "This documentary places Carter in his lifelong home, New York: a city whose dynamism and innovation are evident across his work, albeit grounded in the European tradition that he absorbed from Nadia Boulanger. A combination of modernism and classicism without, as Charles Rosen points out, being beholden to either is Carters most enduring achievement. Thus Carters work is not so much explained as illuminated in its very human complexity. There are pertinent anecdotes from Pierre Boulez and Daniel Barenboim, as well as footage of Carter at work and in conversation with his wife Helen (who died soon after this film was completed). As in his other composer portraits, Scheffers conviction is stimulating in itself, making this a fine addition to a notable series." (Richard Whitehouse, Gramophone)