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

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.

Main Cast

John Cage

Self

Age : 79 | Popularity : 3%

Merce Cunningham

Self

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Yoko Ono

Self

Age : 91 | Popularity : 5%

Laurie Anderson

Self

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Margaret Leng Tan

Herself

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Robert Rauschenberg

Himself

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Patricia Denk Powers

Narrator (voice)

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Writing	Writer	Vivian Perlis
Editing	Editor	Mark Brownstone Allan Miller
Directing	Director	Allan Miller
Production	Producer	Vivian Perlis
Department	Role	Name

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