Eno

Documentarian Gary Hustwit returns to the Wex with his passion project Eno, a portrait of the groundbreaking musician, producer, visual artist, and ambient-music pioneer. Emerging from art school in the late 1960s, Brian Eno began his professional music career in earnest when he joined Roxy Music in 1971, remaining with the British glam rock band for a whirlwind two years before leaving to explore his own projects and a series of remarkable collaborations. Eno teamed up with some of the most forward-thinking rock musicians of the era, including David Bowie, David Byrne, Robert Fripp, and John Cale, and he also became a sought-after producer, applying his fine-art informed, conceptual approach to recording the Talking Heads, Devo, U2, Grace Jones, Coldplay, and many more. 

Like the eponymous musician, Eno is anything but a conventional artist documentary. With so much archival footage available, Hustwit uses randomizing software that—taking a cue from Eno’s own generative projects—modifies each presentation, making each viewing totally unique. Join us for what is sure to be one of the film and music highlights of our year! (100 mins., DCP)

Gary Hustwit has visited the Wex with new films on numerous occasions. We were one of the few venues in the world to host him for all three entries in his Design Trilogy, which includes Helvetica (2007), Objectified (2009), and Urbanized (2011). Hustwit also visited in 2018 with Rams, his portrait of the influential German designer Dieter Rams that featured an Eno soundtrack.

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Eno, courtesy of the filmmaker.