John Cage Movies
- 2013
Video Wall Installation of John Cage’s 4’33″
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In February 2013, the New World Symphony presented Making the Right Choices: A John Cage Centennial Celebration, a spectacular three-day festival...
- 1979
Robert Rauschenberg: Retrospective
Robert Rauschenberg: Retrospective01979HD
This film includes important examples of the Robert Rauschenberg's diverse and extraordinary accomplishments, tracing his development from his...
- 1985
All Star Video
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A compilation of avant-garde artwork and talent of the mid to late 20th century hosted by Ryuichi Sakamoto.
- 2005
Trying to Describe Oneself
Trying to Describe Oneself7.42005HD
Trying to describe oneself is a movie about representation. How it is possible, through film, to describe oneself and describe others. With the...
- 1992
One 11 and 103
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Avant-garde composer John Cage is famous for his experimental pieces and "chance music" but temporarily branched into video in 1992 with this art...
- 1976
A Tribute to John Cage
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A Tribute to John Cage is Paik's homage to avant-garde composer John Cage. A major figure in contemporary art and music, Cage was one of the primary...
- 1966
Sound??
Sound??7.31966HD
Although Rahsaan Roland Kirk and John Cage never actually meet in this film (Cage's enigmatic questions about sound are intercut with some of Kirk's...
- 1966
John Cage
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Experimental composer John Cage tours Europe with The Merce Cunningham Dance Company in 1966.
- 1962
Merce Cunningham
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The choreographer Merce Cunningham working with the musician John Cage and the painter Robert Rauschenberg.
- 2015
Everybody's Cage
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In “Everybody’s Cage”, German film artist Sandra Trostel turns John Cage and his approach to art into a tangible fascination,...
- 2011
Drums
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Present in nearly all cultures and used for many purposes, drums have unique shapes, sounds, names and accents in each region of the world. Behind...
- 1992
Beach Birds for Camera
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Cunningham said of his choreography for "Beach Birds", “It is all based on individual physical phrasing. The dancers don’t have to be...
- 1966
Variations V
Variations V01966HD
A multi-media event with choreographed dance, mobile decor, variable lighting, multiple film projection, and live-electronic music activated by the...
- 2009
In The Ocean – A Film About the Classical Avant Garde
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A brief overview and focus on composers Philip Glass, Julia Wolfe, John Cage, Steve Reich, Elliott Carter and their contemporaries.
- 1968
498 Third Avenue
498 Third Avenue01968HD
Observational documentary about the Merce Cunningham Dance Company rehearsing throughout the summer of 1967 in New York.
- 2017
Nivose
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Snow is suspended. It becomes rare. The wonder is in peril. The extraordinary atmosphere which it induces and which suspends the stifled daily life,...
- 1979
Alla Ricerca Del Silenzio Perduto
Alla Ricerca Del Silenzio Perduto01979HD
The happening Alla ricerca del silenzio perduto - Cage's Train has lingered in the memory of all the people who took part in it, and the echoes left...
- 1968
Assemblage
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A feature length film from acclaimed dance choreographer Merce Cunningham.
- 1964
Antic Meet
Antic Meet01964HD
Performed like a series of vaudeville scenes that overlap, Antic Meet consists of ten playful and comedic numbers. The curtains opened with...
- 1991
Concept tape 3 (Performance)
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A compilation tape of performances including John Cage Performs James Joyce, Arakawa, and Iimura's first AIUEONN and As I See You You See Me shot...