Carlos (Criterion Collection)CARLOS, directed by Olivier Assayas, is an epic, intensely detailed account of the life of the infamous international terrorist Ilich Ramirez Sanchez also known as Carlos the Jackal. One of the twentieth centurys most wanted fugitives, Carlos was committed to violent left wing activism throughout the seventies and eighties, orchestrating bombings, kidnappings, and hijackings in Europe and the Middle East. Assayas portrays him not as a criminal

to fiddlers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries

the chosen composers toured and emigrated across the Atlantic

presses us

an astonishing tenor and poet with a life studded with triumphs

Just like they did for What Chaos Is Imaginary

the Ballads are pure music in it's finest form

but rather than present the theme and develop it with variations

reflecting the extraordinary conjuncture experienced by the court of Berlinunder Frederick II

Joseph Haydn arranged some 400 traditional songs for publishers in Scotland and England

working in travelling shows across the south before settling in Chicago

double bassist Jaromír Honzák and drummer Martin Novák

The first part of Hans-Joachim Roedelius's Selbstportrait (Self-Portrait) series was originally released under the title Sanfte Musik on Sky Records in 1979