简介：DJSpooky's"RebirthofaNation"isafilmprojectbasedonaremixofD.W.Griffith'sinfamous1915film"BirthofaNation."TheoriginalfilmwasbasedonanovelandtheaterplaybyThomasDixonentitled"TheClansman"--essentiallywhatDJSpookyisdoingisapplyingDJtechniquetocinemainawaythatparallels,deconstructsandremixestheoriginal.Thus"RebirthofaNation."DJSpooky's"RebirthofaNation"hasbeentouringforseveralyearsandhasdrawnacclaimaroundtheworld.FromtheHerodAtticusTheateratthebaseoftheAcropolisinGreece,totheLondonIMAX-Europe'slargestmoviescreen--DJSpookyhaspresentedtheremixasanengagementwithfilm,music,andcontemporaryart.Helikestothinkofitas"filmasfoundobject"inthesamesensethatartistssuchasMarcelDuchamp,JeffKoons,AndyWarhol,andDavidHammons,amongstmanyothers,havefosteredcreativeinvestigationsintotheideaoffoundobjects,cinema,and"appropriationart." http://www.rebirthofanation.com/ “Silentfilmscoresweregrandiloquent,meanttoheightenwhatwesawonscreen.Mr.Miller'sscore,bycontrast,deflectsourresponses,thenaltersthem.Ahip-hopdrumbeatpulses.(ItsoundsAfricanandurbanAmerican.)Awashofindustrialsoundisjoinedbybellsandcymbals;adissonantviolin;bluesfragments.ThesearethesoundsofhistoryandracialcomplexitythatGriffithtriedtosuppress.” –MargoJefferson,NewYorkTimes,July8,2005…