Edgard Varese Film with interviews: Messiaen Xenakis Maderna

First part of a film based on the life and music of composer Edgard Varese. Starts with his music (Ameriques) with a visual backdrop of old footage of the Twin Towers New York that once captured the imagination of the world. Also includes interviews with Varese himself, Iannis Xenakis, Olivier Messiaen and Bruno Maderna (also conducting/rehearsing Deserts in 1965).