剧情：MILFORDGRAVESFULLMANTISisaportraitofrenownedpercussionistMilfordGraves,exploringhiskaleidoscopiccreativityandrelentlesscuriosity. "MilfordGravesengageswithouruniversethroughcontemplationandmeditationwherewecoexistinagardenoftimelessnature.Sincetheearly1960shehasstruckamythicfigureinthelineageofNewThing/FreeJazzmusicandart.... (展开全部) MILFORDGRAVESFULLMANTISisaportraitofrenownedpercussionistMilfordGraves,exploringhiskaleidoscopiccreativityandrelentlesscuriosity. "MilfordGravesengageswithouruniversethroughcontemplationandmeditationwherewecoexistinagardenoftimelessnature.Sincetheearly1960shehasstruckamythicfigureinthelineageofNewThing/FreeJazzmusicandart.... MILFORDGRAVESFULLMANTISisaportraitofrenownedpercussionistMilfordGraves,exploringhiskaleidoscopiccreativityandrelentlesscuriosity. "MilfordGravesengageswithouruniversethroughcontemplationandmeditationwherewecoexistinagardenoftimelessnature.Sincetheearly1960shehasstruckamythicfigureinthelineageofNewThing/FreeJazzmusicandart.Atheoristonrhythmdefinedbyinherentemotionalimpulse(asopposedtoamechanismofstrictrepetition)hehasconsistentlychampionedtheideathatmusicismorethananartformtobemastered.Inhisworld,soundisalifeforcetobeintunewith,throughregardandrespect.Withpatienceandacleardevotiontothebeautyofthepracticeandperformanceofmusic,bothspiritandearth-conscious,MILFORDGRAVESFULLMANTISasdirectedbyJakeMeginsky,andco-directedbyNeilYoung,bothexperimentalmusiciansfromWesternMassachusetts,isaportraitofoneofthemostfascinatinglightsinthelineageoflate20thcenturymusic.Itisasonic-visualodetotheineffablemagicofinspiredandgraciousliving."---ThurstonMoore Graveshasperformedinternationallysince1964,bothasasoloistandinensembleswithsuchlegendsasAlbertAyler,GiuseppiLoganandSonnySharrock.Heiswidelyconsideredtobeafoundingpioneerofavant-gardejazz,andheremainsoneofthemostinfluentiallivingfiguresintheevolutionoftheform. Thefilmdrawstheviewerthroughtheartist'slushgardenandornatehome,intothemartialartsdojoinhisbackyardandthelaboratoryinhisbasement-allofthisjustblocksfromwherehegrewupinthehousingprojectsforSouthJamaica,Queens. Gravestellsstoriesofdiscovery,struggleandsurvival,ruminatesontheessenceof'swing,'activateselectronicstethoscopesinhisbasementlabtoprocessthesoundofhisheart,andtravelstoJapanwhereheperformsataschoolforchildrenwithautism,ignitingthestudentbodyintoanecstaticdisplayofspontaneouscollectiveenergy. Oscillatingfrompresenttopastandweavingintimateglimpsesoftheartist'scomplexcosmologywithblisteringperformancesfromaroundtheglobe,MILFORDGRAVESFULLMANTISiscinemafulloffluidity,polyrhythmandintensity,embodyingtheessenceofGraves'musicitself. Aresultofnearly15yearsoffilming,MILFORDGRAVESFULLMANTISisDirectedbyJakeMeginsky,alongtimestudentofMilfordGraves.Co-DirectedbyNeilYoung.d