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Step Across the Border
VHS cover of the 1990 RecRec release
Directed by	Nicolas Humbert Werner Penzel
Written by	Nicolas Humbert Werner Penzel
Produced by	Res Balzli
Starring	Fred Frith René Lussier Iva Bittová
Cinematography	Oscar Salgado
Edited by	Gisela Castronari Silvia Koller
Music by	Fred Frith
Distributed by	RecRec (Switzerland)
Release date	1990
Running time	90 min.
Countries	Germany Switzerland
Language	English

Step Across the Border is a 1990 documentary film on English guitarist, composer and improvisor Fred Frith. It was written and directed by Nicolas Humbert and Werner Penzel and released in Germany and Switzerland. The film was screened in cinemas in North America, South America, Europe and Japan and on television in the United States, Germany, Switzerland, Austria and France. It was also released on VHS by RecRec (Switzerland) in 1990, and was later released on DVD by Winter & Winter (Germany) in 2003.

Shot in black and white, the 35mm documentary was filmed in Japan, Italy, France, Germany, England, the United States and Switzerland, and shows Frith rehearsing, performing, giving interviews and at rest. Other musicians featured include René Lussier, Iva Bittová, Tom Cora, Tim Hodgkinson, Bob Ostertag and John Zorn.

The film won "Best Documentary" at the European Film Awards in 1990. A companion "soundtrack" album, Step Across the Border was also released by RecRec in 1990.

Musicians

Musicians appearing in the film include:

• Fred Frith
• René Lussier
• Jean Derome
• Kevin Norton
• Bob Ostertag
• Haco
• Iva Bittová
• Pavel Fajt
• Tom Cora
• Tim Hodgkinson
• John Zorn
• Eitetsu Hayashi
• Joey Baron
• Cyro Battista
• Arto Lindsay

Film locations

• Japan
  • Tokyo
  • Osaka
  • Kyoto
• Italy
  • Verona
• France
  • Saint-Rémy-de-Provence
• Germany
  • Leipzig
• England
  • London
  • Yorkshire
• United States
  • New York City
• Switzerland
  • Zürich
  • Berne

Awards

• 1990 "Best Documentary", European Film Awards
• 1990 "Special Mention", European Film Academy
• 1990 "Images and Documents", Grand Prix International, Figuera da Foz, Portugal
• 1990 "Best Documentary Film", Uppsala Filmkaja, Uppsala, Sweden
• 1990 "Best Documentary Film", Hessian Filmward, Germany
• 1991 "Special Jury Award", Golden Gate Award, San Francisco
• 2000 Chosen as one of the 100 most important movies in film-history by the critics of Cahiers du cinéma, Paris

External links

• artfilm.ch. Step Across the Border.