Barbara Morgenstern – Doing It for Love
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Barbara Morgenstern – Doing It for Love

0.0 / 10 2025 1h 48mNR German
Documentary

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For the first time in six years, Barbara Morgenstern, pioneer of German-style electronic intimate pop, works on a new album. Her laptop sits on a shoebox, in the privacy of her home she finds first lines and harmonies: “I like to be alone,” one song begins. One by one, musicians join her. Intuitive ideas take shape. A window has opened. Arrangements, rehearsals, recordings follow. Step by step, the music enters public space, images are produced, videos, narratives. Questions arise: New beginning or back to the roots? New Biedermeier or tough political comment? The bigger the band, the riskier the booking. The more crisis-ridden the environment, the more comforting the music-making.

What People Are Saying

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A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Sabine Herpich's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
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Every frame feels alive. Barbara Morgenstern – Doing It for Love is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker