Anthology Film Archives
32 2nd Ave
212.505.5181
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My Name Is Albert Ayler
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Nov 8, 2007 – Nov 14, 2007
Mondays–Saturdays (7 & 9pm)
Sundays (5, 7 & 9pm)
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$8
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Kasper Collin's My Name Is Albert Ayler documents the mystical sax screamer from childhood to his eerie early death — an unsolved drowning in the East River at the age of 34. Cribbing interview material first heard on Revenant's blazing Holy Ghost box set, Ayler narrates in snippets of wispy, awestruck drawl. Interviews with snare splitter Sonny Murray and the exceedingly badass Gary Peacock shed light on a laundry list of Ayler's earthly troubles — money, potential psychosis, his brother's nervous breakdown, and a Yoko-ish marriage — which somehow coexisted with his glowing, seraphic tunes. The clincher is an interspersed reel of ecstatic European tour footage that will vaporize your bones.
