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From Zero, The Documentary

John Cage

Documentary about the American composer John Cage based on his composition 'Fourteen'. The film includes shots of the performance of Fourteen by the Ives Ensemble juxtaposed with documentary material with John Cage about Erik Satie, Marcel Duchamp, James Joyce, Merce Cunningham and others, in which director Frank Scheffer makes use of chance operations as often used by Cage himself in his compositions.

Repertoire

Fourteen

Facts

Prog. No.
7749
Music genre
Documentary
Length
55 mins
Director
Frank Scheffer
Producers
Allegri Film
Production year
1995