The Luthier: János Márkus-Barbarossa → “As many wrong things that were done in the name of Lenin, still he said three good things: Learn! Learn! Learn! But from this point of view, he was not so stupid.”

Matei Plesa: “The Luthier is a short documentary about one of the most well-known luthiers. I wanted to find more details about his life, his work and his passions. I am very grateful for the chance he gave me and I hope this is a good way to say, ‘Thank you and I hope it was worth it!’”

Production Photos: The Luthier

Shot and Edited by: Matei Plesa
Second Camera: Emanuil Iova
Soundtrack: Tom Fahy (“Watchers”)

Thank you for your support: Quantuum Romania, Horatiu Curutiu, Emanuil Iova, Lucia Petrescu, Tom Fahy, and Brindusa Inocan

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“Justice, although very often orphaned, remains the legitimate child of knowledge and truth. But as in any union, absent knowledge, truth is prey to guile. And in a world in which guile reigns, the ruse trumps candor. This is why a gift cannot be made of justice. It must be won.” —Tom Fahy, May 2010

"If a book is flatly reviled, but the revilement preceeds a full, thoughtful and judicious appraisal, it is safe to say some nerve, somewhere, has been struck." —Eoghan Wyndham, Wyndham-Byrne Associates

ISBN: 978-0-9828673-7-2 (Black Sun Edition)
ISBN: 978-0-9828673-0-3 (Retail Edition)
Copyright: Standard Copyright License
First Edition: 2010
Third Edition: 2012
Publisher: Orchard Park Press
Language: English
Pages: 411
Binding: Perfect-bound Paperback
Interior: Ink Black & white
Weight: 1.5 lbs.
Dimensions: (inches) 6 wide x 9 tall

Book Website: [ Main | Excerpts | Reviews ]
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Purchase Link: Lulu.com
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Date: May 2012
Composed and Performed by: Tom Fahy
Published by: Stag Records

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“For, he who desires to build a future, dare not neglect the past. Seek, therefore, all that is good and beautiful in the past, build on it your ideal, and strive to realize that ideal for the future. It is true much of what has been built is now destroyed, despoiled and ruined; but through singleness of purpose and unity of strength what now lies shattered can still be restored.” —Paul Kruger, “Oom Paul,” (10 October 1825 – 14 July 1904)

“When the sun and moon, and the lunar asterism Tishya, and the planet Jupiter, are in one mansion, the Krita age shall return.” -Vishnu Purana, Book Four, Chapter Twenty-Four

Directed, Produced and Edited by: Tom Fahy
Music: “The February Revolution,” by Tom Fahy (Stag Records, 2010), from the album Orchard Park (Music Inspired by the Novel).
Animation (VisualPR™): Tom Fahy
Production: Whiskey Putsch Pictures / Hummingbird Pictures

(VisualPR™): Edge-detection algorithms, completed in 2012, have been incorporated into Progressive Recursion™ (VisualPR™) and are employed in the animation of still images in-sequence with a predictive ad-lib function, or in the simple animation of digitized film-stock.

Music: “Letters to Allayne,” by Tom Fahy

Op. 6, No. 20, from Op.6, Nos. 18-25 (Stag Records, 2012)

Photography by: Ted Buracas
Music by: Rachael Eisley, courtesy Stag Records.

Date: 1963
Directed by: Joris Ivens
Script: Chris Marker
Cinematographers: Georges Strouvé & Patricio Guzmán
Music by: Gustavo Becerra
Produced by: Argos Films / University of Chile.
Spanish subtitles by: Richard Greene