John Cage: I Have Nothing to Say and I Am Saying It (1990)
Synopsis
This 56-minute documentary on America's most controversial and unique composer manages to cover a great many aspects of Cage's work and thought. His love for mushrooms, his Zen beliefs and use of the I Ching, and basic bio details are all explained intelligently and dynamically. Black Mountain, Buckminster Fuller, Rauschenberg, Duchamp are mentioned. Yoko Ono, John Rockwell, Laurie Anderson, Richard Kostelanetz make appearances. Fascinating performance sequences include Margaret Leng-Tan performing on prepared piano, Merce Cunningham and company, and performances of Credo In Us, Water Music, and Third Construction. Demystifies the man who made music from silence, from all sounds, from life.
Release Date: 1990-09-18
Runtime: 55 minutes
Director: Allan Miller
Top Cast
- John Cage as Self
- Merce Cunningham as Self
- Yoko Ono as Self
- Laurie Anderson as Self
- Margaret Leng Tan as Herself
- Robert Rauschenberg as Himself
- Patricia Denk Powers as Narrator (voice)
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Original Music Composer(s): N/A
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