CinemaOSMovie · 1963 · 0h 12m

Stop for Bud

69%(8)IMDbDocumentaryMusic

Stop for Bud is Jørgen Leth's first film and the first in his long collaboration with Ole John. […] they wanted to "blow up cinematic conventions and invent cinematic language from scratch". The jazz pianist Bud Powell moves around Copenhagen -- through King's Garden, along the quay at Kalkbrænderihavnen, across a waste dump. […] Bud is alone, accompanied only by his music. […] Image and sound are two different things -- that's Leth's and John's principle. Dexter Gordon, the narrator, tells stories about Powell's famous left hand. In an obituary for Powell, dated 3 August 1966, Leth wrote: "He quite willingly, or better still, unresistingly, mechanically, let himself be directed. The film attempts to depict his strange duality about his surroundings. His touch on the keys was like he was burning his fingers -- that's what it looked like, and that's how it sounded. But outside his playing, and often right in the middle of it, too, he was simply gone, not there."

Directed byOle John, Jørgen Leth, Jens Jørgen Thorsen

Play
Status
Released
Runtime
0h 12m
Language
DA
Released
December 17, 1963

Featuring

Cast & crew

5 credited
Starring

Bud Powell

Himself - Jazz Pianist

Dexter Gordon

Dexter Gordon

Narrator (voice)

Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen

Himself

Jørn Elniff

Himself

Max Brüel

Himself

Creative team
Directed by
Ole John
Ole John
Jørgen Leth
Jørgen Leth
Written by
Ole John
Ole John
Produced by
Ole John
Ole John

Keep watching

More like this

Wutharr, Saltwater Dreams

Wutharr, Saltwater Dreams

2017 · Film

Sea Trip

Sea Trip

2017 · Film

Part of Me Now

Part of Me Now

2017 · Film

School for Romance4.3

School for Romance

1934 · Film

Taxi Tbilisi

Taxi Tbilisi

2016 · Film

The Threatening Sky9.5

The Threatening Sky

1966 · Film

Drums West7.2

Drums West

1961 · Film

Ariadne

Ariadne

2005 · Film

Propaganda Message8.0

Propaganda Message

1974 · Film

The Silence7.7

The Silence

2015 · Film

Dead People9.0

Dead People

1983 · Film

Old Romances

Old Romances

2012 · Film

Bambini7.0

Bambini

1960 · Film

La casa delle vedove10.0

La casa delle vedove

1960 · Film

Tasting Skinny10.0

Tasting Skinny

2022 · Film

Picked for you

Recommended movies

Daybreak Express7.2

Daybreak Express

1957 · Film

Selena Gomez: My Mind & Me8.4

Selena Gomez: My Mind & Me

2022 · Film

Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell7.1

Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell

2021 · Film

The Last Repair Shop7.5

The Last Repair Shop

2024 · Film

Selena y Los Dinos: A Family's Legacy8.9

Selena y Los Dinos: A Family's Legacy

2025 · Film

Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese7.0

Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese

2019 · Film

The Devil and Daniel Johnston7.7

The Devil and Daniel Johnston

2006 · Film

Katy Perry: Part of Me7.1

Katy Perry: Part of Me

2012 · Film

Justin Bieber's Believe6.9

Justin Bieber's Believe

2013 · Film

Supersonic7.4

Supersonic

2016 · Film

Shawn Mendes: In Wonder8.1

Shawn Mendes: In Wonder

2020 · Film

Bad 257.3

Bad 25

2012 · Film

Western Stars7.0

Western Stars

2019 · Film

Lewis Capaldi: How I'm Feeling Now7.5

Lewis Capaldi: How I'm Feeling Now

2023 · Film

The Beach Boys6.7

The Beach Boys

2024 · Film

Howard6.8

Howard

2018 · Film

The Who: The Kids Are Alright7.3

The Who: The Kids Are Alright

1979 · Film

God Bless Ozzy Osbourne7.9

God Bless Ozzy Osbourne

2011 · Film

Music by John Williams8.0

Music by John Williams

2024 · Film

Halftime6.8

Halftime

2022 · Film