''Eno'' is a 1973 documentary short film directed, written and produced by Alfons Sinniger. The subject of the film is musician

Brian Eno Brian Peter George Jean-Baptiste de la Salle Eno (, born 15 May 1948), also mononymously known as Eno, is an English musician, songwriter, record producer, visual artist, and activist. He is best known for his pioneering contributions to ambien ...

(shortly after his departure from

Roxy Music Roxy Music are an English rock music, rock band formed in 1970 by Bryan Ferry (lead vocals/keyboards/principal songwriter) and Graham Simpson (musician), Graham Simpson (bass). By the time the band recorded their Roxy Music (album), first albu ...

), and features the recording sessions for Eno's album ''

Here Come the Warm Jets ''Here Come the Warm Jets'' is the debut solo studio album by English musician Brian Eno (mononymously credited as "''Eno''"), released on Island Records on 8 February 1974. It was recorded and produced by Eno following his departure from Roxy ...

'' (1974).

Cast

Chris Spedding Christopher John Spedding (born Peter Robinson, 17 June 1944) is an English guitarist and record producer. In a career spanning more than 50 years, Spedding is best known for his studio session work. By the early 1970s, he had become one of th ...

* Busta Cherry Jones * Marty Simon *

Phil Manzanera Phillip Geoffrey Targett-Adams (born 31 January 1951), known professionally as Phil Manzanera, is an English musician, songwriter and record producer. He is the lead guitarist with Roxy Music, and was the lead guitarist with 801 and Quiet Sun. ...

* Magic Michael * Cindy Cleaver

Reception

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'' wrote: "The film's structure lends the portrait an illusion of greater depth than it has, but the format readily accommodates several odd sidelights on its subject's tastes, interests and background. ... And even if the film ultimately has the air of a flexing of cinematic muscles (Sinniger is a recent graduate of the

London Film School London Film School (LFS) is a film school in London, United Kingdom, and is situated in Covent Garden, London, neighbouring Soho, a hub of the UK film industry. It is the oldest film school in the UK.

), it has the nous to recognise a show-stopper when it has one, and finishes delightedly with a sequence of Chris Spedding dubbing a Duane Eddy-styled guitar break on to one of the album tracks 'just as the man himself woulda played it'."

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