In Trout We Dust

A deep breath. Then it gets going. Again and again. Differenz und Wiederholung: the first intertitle in the film In Trout We Dust, inspired by a work series by the Austrian composer Bernhard Lang, guides us to a theme essential for the duo The International Nothing and an entire music scene portrayed here.
Like the story of the two clarinet players Kai Fagaschinski and Michael Thieke who are trying to find a balance between a "group sound" and further development—that is, "between Motörhead (repetition) and Iron Maiden (difference)," as Fagaschinski explains—also the images, which at first remain longer on...