First the Music, then the Words

2003Directed by Alexander Kluge

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Released: August 21, 2003
Runtime: 15m

About First the Music, then the Words

Synopsis

Lung fish and lions, nightingales and whales express themselves through sounds - they "sing". But humans alone have developed grammatically-structured language. Did the words of this language emerge individually? Or was there first a form of "language without meaning", that is, music?

Director: Alexander Kluge
Original title: Erst die Musik, dann die Worte

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