The Silence Before Bach

Spanish filmmaker PERE PORTABELLA has been making avant garde features since the '60s. His most recent film, THE SILENCE BEFORE BACH plays this week at the MUSEUM OF MODERN ART in New York.

Like that other experimental filmmaker MATTHEW BARNEY, PORTABELLA does not allow his work to be transferred to video, or distributed domestically. Thankfully a preview has surfaced online, but the run at MoMA is one of the rare chances to catch his highly regarded work.