THUS, THE NIGHT: A film featuring Henri Dutilleux's "Ainsi la Nuit"

Thus, The Night is a short film inspired by French composer Henri Dutilleux's seminal work for string quartet written in 1976, "Ainsi la Nuit". One of the final projects produced by and featuring three-time GRAMMY®-nominated Spektral Quartet, the film was developed in collaboration with visual artist Antonia Contro (http://www.antoniacontro.com) and film production company Four/Ten Media (http://fourtenmedia.net). In Thus, the Night the collaborative team reflects the composer's interests in surrealism, highlighting the unique and heightened qualities of perception and memory as enhanced by the liminal space between daylight and darkness.

The film has garnered the Best Music Video award in the Chicago Indie Film Awards, Rome Music Video Awards (October '23), and Brussels Capital Film Festival (November '23). The film was also a finalist in the Tatras International Film Festival, and was an official selection at this year's Montreal Independent Film Festival and València Indie Film Festival.

Filming for Thus, the Night took place on the edge of the prairie at Ragdale Foundation in Lake Forest, the 55th floor of a Chicago skyscraper, and a private residence on Lake Michigan in June of 2022. For more information, go to https:/spektralquartet.com/thusthenight

Credits
“Ainsi la Nuit” composed by Henri Paul Julien Dutilleux
Published by G. Schirmer, Inc.
(ASCAP) o/b/o Alphonse Leduc Editions Musicales (SACEM) o/b/o Heugel SA (SACEM)
Used by permission

Performance by Spektral Quartet:
Clara Lyon & Theo Espy, violins
Doyle Armbrust, viola
Russell Rolen, cello

Visual art by Antonia Contro

Directed by Evan Chapman

Art direction by Evan Chapman, Antonia Contro, Kevin Eikenberg, Clara Lyon

Filming by Evan Chapman and Nick Hughes
Editing by Evan Chapman

Produced by Spektral Quartet

Production manager: Russell Rolen
Production coordinator: Clara Lyon
Production assistant: Laila Francis

Ice Sculptures by Alvaro Ramirez
Ice Sculpture Assistant: Salvador E. Hernandez

Audio producer: Hannah Collins
Recording and mixing engineer: Bill Maylone
Audio Mastering: Ryan Streber and Charles Mueller, Oktaven Audio

Hair and makeup: Pia Macias

Filmed on site at:
Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest, Illinois
110 North Wacker Drive, 55th floor, Chicago, Illinois
Private Residence, New Buffalo, Michigan