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John Cage: I Have Nothing to Say and I Am Saying It

Movie 1990 Released
  • Documentary
  • Music
  • TV Movie
  • 1990

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.

John Cage: I Have Nothing to Say and I Am Saying It is a movie first shown in 1990. Runtime is 55 minutes. Status: Released. Genres: Documentary, Music, TV Movie.

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Title details

Type
Movie
Original title
John Cage: I Have Nothing to Say and I Am Saying It
Release year
1990
Release date
September 18, 1990
Status
Released
Runtime
55 minutes
Genres
Documentary, Music, TV Movie
Director
Allan Miller
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Cast

John Cage

John Cage

Self

M

Merce Cunningham

Self

Yoko Ono

Yoko Ono

Self

Laurie Anderson

Laurie Anderson

Self

M

Margaret Leng Tan

Herself

R

Robert Rauschenberg

Himself

P

Patricia Denk Powers

Narrator (voice)

Characters

  • Self voiced by John Cage
  • Self voiced by Merce Cunningham
  • Self voiced by Yoko Ono
  • Self voiced by Laurie Anderson
  • Herself voiced by Margaret Leng Tan
  • Himself voiced by Robert Rauschenberg
  • Narrator (voice) voiced by Patricia Denk Powers

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