John Cage — Actor (6)
John Cage (1966) (1966) [Movie] IMDb
John Cage (1966)
director: Klaus Wildenhahn actor: John Cage / Merce Cunningham
other title: 约翰·凯奇 / John Cage
Experimental composer John Cage tours Europe with The Merce Cunningham Dance Company in 1966.
Robert Rauschenberg: Retrospective (1979) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Robert Rauschenberg: Retrospective
director: Michael Blackwood actor: Robert Rauschenberg / John Cage
This film includes important examples of the Robert Rauschenberg's diverse and extraordinary accomplishments, tracing his development from his student years and his earliest experiments to a retrospective of his work at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. It features Rauschenberg, John Cage and Merce Cunningham, and was released in 1979.
Mr. Hoover and I (1989) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Mr. Hoover and I
director: Emile de Antonio actor: Emile de Antonio / John Cage
Celebrated documentary filmmaker Emile DeAntonio discusses his comtempt for J Edgar Hoover, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and American political intolerance in general.
Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV (2023) [Movie] Douban TMDB WikiData IMDb
Nam June Paik: Moon is the Oldest TV
director: Amanda Kim actor: Nam June Paik / 史蒂文 元
other title: 백남준: 달은 가장 오래된 TV / 激浪派錄像藝術教父:白南準
The quixotic journey of Nam June Paik, one of the most famous Asian artists of the 20th century, who revolutionized the use of technology as an artistic canvas and prophesied both the fascist tendencies and intercultural understanding that would arise from the interconnected metaverse of today's world.
John Cage: Journeys in Sound (2012) [Movie] Douban
John Cage: Journeys in Sound
director: Allan Miller / Paul Smaczny actor: Irvine Arditti / John Cage
other title: 约翰·凯奇:声音之旅
This documentary by Oscar-winner Allan Miller and Emmy-winner Paul Smaczny pays tribute to the most fascinating American avant-garde composer John Cage. Shot in America, Germany and Japan, the program premieres rare archival footage; presenting concert excerpts and a set of short episodes, featuring associates of Cage and contemporary artists, playfully delineating different aspects of John Cage. The documentary features interviews with Yoko Ono, David Tudor, Christian Wolff, Steffen Schleiermacher, Irvine Arditti, Toshio Hosokawa, Mayumi Miyata, Calvin Tomkins and many others. “John Cage – Journeys in Sound“ will delight and enthral both Cage novices as well as die-hard fans.
Sound?? (1966) [Movie] Douban
Sound??
director: Dick Fontaine actor: John Cage / Rahsaan Roland Kirk
other title: 声音??
Dick Fontaine ( 1967年/黑白/27分鐘 )
【Sound??Rahsaan Roland Kirk and John Cage 】Directed by Dick Fontaine
( 1967/B&W/27mins )
什麼是噪音?什麼是音樂?你覺得悅耳無比,別人或許厭惡至極。
什麼是聲音?什麼是寂靜?當你進入一個理論上無聲的實驗室,你還是會很煞風景地聽到自己的血液與神經,依舊 噗通不停地,雜鬧響著。
影片的兩位主角分別是現代音樂家/理論家John Cage,以及雙眼失明的爵士吹管音樂家Roland Kirk。Dick Fontaine用實驗的影像風格搭配巧妙的交叉剪接,讓事實上沒有相遇,更未交談的兩位音樂家,在片中彼此辯證, 互相對話。我們在片中看見John Cage宛如神秘的哲學家,不斷地在溜滑梯、玩轉輪、騎單車的過程中,唸著自己關於「聲音」概念的思考札記。片子另端,則是狀似巫師的聲音實踐者Roland Kirk,時而嘴裡插著五、六把薩克斯風同步吹奏,時而把電子器材發出的無調性聲波當作創作背景,時而分發玩具樂器給眾人,希望用業餘者共同即興參與的方式,顛覆專精才是音樂的概念。
本片因此是個關於何謂「音樂」的本體論質問,簡短卻韻味深遠,前衛卻不失趣味。可和Jacques Attali的理論著作《噪音:音樂的政治經濟學》對照閱讀。