A documentary capturing the creation of the album Junun inside Rajasthan’s 15th-century Mehrangarh Fort. Paul Thomas Anderson follows Jonny Greenwood, Shye Ben Tzur, Nigel Godrich, and the Rajasthan Express as they record a cross-cultural fusion of Indian, Israeli, and Western music.
Sound
Nigel Godrich captures every room resonance like a cathedral.
Cinematography
PTA's roaming digital camera finds joy in chaos.
Production
Recording in a fort with monkeys interrupting takes.
Director
Paul Thomas Anderson
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood learned Hindi and Urdu to perform; the musicians had no idea who he was.
The Rajasthan Express are Qawwali singers from Muslim communities in India, making this a rare documented collaboration across religious and national boundaries.
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