Dir. Toby Amies
2022 | 86 mins | UK
Toby Amies, Adrian Belew, Biff Blumfumgagnge

SHOWING TIMES:

• Sun 23 Apr: 7.45pm
• Wed 26 Apr: 8pm

Robert Fripp and the members of prog-rock giants, King Crimson, look back on 50 years of art, discipline and transcendence in this fascinating, funny and moving film.

King Crimson is a band that people literally are dying to be in. In the Court of the Crimson King is a dark, comic film for anyone who wonders whether it is worth sacrificing everything for just a single moment of transcendence. For over 50 years Robert Fripp, also famous for his work with Bowie and Eno, has overseen a unique creative environment in which freedom and responsibility conspire to place extraordinary demands on the band’s members – only alleviated by the applause of an audience whose adoration threatens to make their lives even harder. It’s a rewarding and perilous space in which the extraordinary is possible, nothing is certain, and not everyone survives intact.

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VENUE: EXETER PHOENIX, STUDIO 74

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