Watch Elliott Sharp: Doing the don't

This film explores how a seventeen-year-old developed from a National Science Foundation award-winning "science geek" to an internationally acclaimed musician and composer. Filmed In Italy at the Venice Biennale of 2007, Elliott Sharp conducts the premiere performance of his specially commissioned opera "Em/Pyre". In Beijing, he performs and improvises at a rock music club with Chinese classical musicians. In New York, he conducts Orchestra Carbon performing "Quarks Swim Free", inspired by the moment just after the Big Bang. An acclaimed guitar soloist, saxophonist, and bass clarinetist, watch Sharp in recording studios as he directs both the renowned Sirius String Quartet and his acclaimed blues band "Terraplane". Hear artists and writers speak about this remarkable musician and his influences. See rare archival footage of Sharp performing at The Brooklyn Academy of Music in 1987 with his orchestra, playing his remarkable double-neck guitar. Additional features: In "Sharp on Sharp", an interview with Frank J. Oteri, he talks frankly about the music industry, and the widespread influence of music. "Slabs, Plantars, Violinoids", traces the development of his early hand-made instruments, developed to create the uniquely special sounds he sought for his music. Total DVD running time of 2 hours and 15 minutes including a BONUS of over 80 minutes of audio recordings of live performances in Beijing, Padua and NYC

Elliott Sharp: Doing the don't is a 2008 documentary with a runtime of 43 minutes.