Thelonious Monk in France documentary

**Boss Man Zwiebelsohn** · 10-07-2022, 02:20 PM

Just started watching a documentary on the website of French-German TV collaboration Arte.

This is the link to the English version.

Rewind and Play - Watch the full documentary | ARTE

Let me know in case you cannot watch it to to digital rights management sh1t (e.g. I cannot watch most BBC videos or some from Austrian and Swiss TV).

**pcjazz** · 10-07-2022, 02:47 PM

Not viewable in Canada. Pity.

**Boss Man Zwiebelsohn** · 10-07-2022, 03:10 PM

Originally Posted by pcjazz

Not viewable in Canada. Pity.

Try if this works. If you click on the video buttons a pop-up appears with a streaming and a download option.

MediathekViewWeb

**ragman1** · 10-07-2022, 04:46 PM

Originally Posted by Bop Head

Just started watching a documentary on the website of French-German TV collaboration Arte.

This is the link to the English version.

Rewind and Play - Watch the full documentary | ARTE

Let me know in case you cannot watch it to to digital rights management sh1t (e.g. I cannot watch most BBC videos or some from Austrian and Swiss TV).

UK's OK :-)

Interesting film. I have the feeling that if he'd been asked the right questions he'd have come out with some wonderful stuff. They weren't digging enough, or maybe not in the right way.

Interesting website altogether, methinks.

**pcjazz** · 10-07-2022, 04:48 PM

Originally Posted by Bop Head

Try if this works. If you click on the video buttons a pop-up appears with a streaming and a download option.

MediathekViewWeb

No, it says not authorized to play.

**Boss Man Zwiebelsohn** · 10-07-2022, 05:01 PM

Originally Posted by ragman1

UK's OK :-)

Interesting film. I have the feeling that if he'd been asked the right questions he'd have come out with some wonderful stuff. They weren't digging enough, or maybe not in the right way.

Interesting website altogether, methinks.

Glad you are able to watch it.

Yes this is public quality TV. (There is another public cooperation between Germany, Austria and Switzerland called 3sat that is similar, you have probably seen the logo in many live recordings on YouTube.)

While watching Monk I missed that there was a Stochelo Rosenberg live stream tonight but it will be in the “Mediathek” later.

I do not have a Dropbox account or similar, maybe someone can download it from the second link I posted and put it up for those who cannot watch it. FCK DRM — free internet for all.

**Bobby Timmons** · 10-07-2022, 05:08 PM

Very cool. I watched straight no chaser and american composer a lot in the 00s. Nice to see a new doc. He was funny! Really docile and friendly then very intelligent with his music.

**Boss Man Zwiebelsohn** · 10-07-2022, 05:12 PM

Originally Posted by Jimmy Smith

Very cool. I watched straight no chaser and american composer a lot in the 00s. Nice to see a new doc. He was funny! Really docile and friendly then very intelligent with his music.

So you can watch videos on Arte TV’s website in the US?

**Bobby Timmons** · 10-07-2022, 05:13 PM

No the Arte TV one didn't work for me, the 2nd one you posted did.

**ragman1** · 10-07-2022, 05:14 PM

I think availability is restricted to France, Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Monaco, Austria, and Switzerland. Some content can be seen in the UK (I can see quite a few things. Many films have multi-lingual subtitles).

BUT, as far as I can make out, those in the US can watch it if they don't mind buying a VPN.

How To Watch ARTE Outside Europe [Updated 2022]

**Boss Man Zwiebelsohn** · 10-07-2022, 05:22 PM

Originally Posted by Jimmy Smith

No the Arte TV one didn't work for me, the 2nd one you posted did.

The second one is a website where they collect direct links (maybe it is working automatically now — not sure) to streaming videos on websites from German, Austrian and Swiss TV (and arte). And you can download them from that site. There is a Java app, too, I think but the website is much more comfortable — doing it from the browser.

**pcjazz** · 10-07-2022, 05:59 PM

There’s a nice piece about this doc just posted to the New Yorker website.

**Boss Man Zwiebelsohn** · 10-07-2022, 06:16 PM

Originally Posted by pcjazz

There’s a nice piece about this doc just posted to the New Yorker website.

Can you post a link please? I could not find it.

**pcjazz** · 10-07-2022, 06:17 PM

Originally Posted by Bop Head

Can you post a link please? I could not find it.

Two Portraits of the Power of Image-Making, at the New York Film Festival
Two Portraits of the Power and Menace of Image-Making, at the New York Film Festival | The New Yorker

**Boss Man Zwiebelsohn** · 10-07-2022, 06:33 PM

Originally Posted by pcjazz

Two Portraits of the Power of Image-Making, at the New York Film Festival Two Portraits of the Power and Menace of Image-Making, at the New York Film Festival | The New Yorker

It is now in the Internet Archive — w/o paywall

Two Portraits of the Power and Menace of Image-Making, at the New York Film Festival | The New Yorker

**Boss Man Zwiebelsohn** · 10-07-2022, 06:44 PM

Here is a French broadcast recording from 1964

Thelonious Monk a Paris en 1964 : episode 1/2 du podcast Thelonious Monk : concert de 1964 a la Maison de la Radio

Thelonious Monk a Paris en 1964 : episode 2/2 du podcast Thelonious Monk : concert de 1964 a la Maison de la Radio

**ragman1** · 10-08-2022, 10:42 AM

Originally Posted by pcjazz

Two Portraits of the Power of Image-Making, at the New York Film Festival
Two Portraits of the Power and Menace of Image-Making, at the New York Film Festival | The New Yorker

Crazy. Just get out of Iran.

Beforehand, of course, not now he's locked up. And simply begging for them to increase his sentence... or am I missing something?

**Cunamara** · 10-09-2022, 09:19 PM

Originally Posted by ragman1

BUT, as far as I can make out, those in the US can watch it if they don't mind buying a VPN.

Same thing with the BBC. British content producers don't like American copyright protection very much. I don't know the specific issues but this is a recurrent thing for those of us on the left side of the pond. And who knows, maybe the BBC's contract with PBS is such that they have to restrict making content available in the US. Our local PBS station does not carry Doctor Who, for example, and it is damn near impossible to see it here unless your local PBS station broadcasts it. But if you get a VPN, you can watch just fine which really underlines just how stupid these restrictions are, since they are basically unenforceable with trivial workarounds.