John Cage Movies
- 1966
John Cage
John Cage01966HD
Experimental composer John Cage tours Europe with The Merce Cunningham Dance Company in 1966.
- 2005
Trying to Describe Oneself
Trying to Describe Oneself7.42005HD
Trying to describe oneself is a movie about representation. How it is possible, through film, to describe oneself and describe others. With the...
- 1971
Catch 44
Catch 4401971HD
Catch 44, co-produced by Nam June Paik, fuses Cage's compositional precepts with the immediacy and real time of video. Cage is seen performing and...
- 1955
In Between
In Between01955HD
Portrait of Jesse Collins: a daydream nightmare in the surrealist tradition.
- 2012
John Cage: Journeys in Sound
John Cage: Journeys in Sound72012HD
A sonic innovator or an expert on chance? This documentary by Oscar-winning director Allan Miller and Emmy-winner Paul Smaczny pays tribute to the...
- 1973
Global Groove
Global Groove7.71973HD
Global Groove was a collaborative piece by Nam June Paik and John Godfrey. Paik, amongst other artists who shared the same vision in the 1960s, saw...
- 1976
A Tribute to John Cage
A Tribute to John Cage61976HD
A Tribute to John Cage is Paik's homage to avant-garde composer John Cage. A major figure in contemporary art and music, Cage was one of the primary...
- 1966
Variations V
Variations V01966HD
A multi-media event with choreographed dance, mobile decor, variable lighting, multiple film projection, and live-electronic music activated by the...
- 2010
Ocean
Ocean5.52010HD
John Cage’s original concept of Ocean, in 1991, was for a dance to be performed in a circular space, with the audience surrounding the dancers,...
- 1979
Alla Ricerca Del Silenzio Perduto
Alla Ricerca Del Silenzio Perduto01979HD
The happening Alla ricerca del silenzio perduto - Cage's Train has lingered in the memory of all the people who took part in it, and the echoes left...
- 1993
One11 and 103
One11 and 10301993HD
One11 is a 1993 monochrome art film by John Cage and Henning Lohner. It is the only feature-length film production Cage was ever involved in.
- 2017
Nivose
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Snow is suspended. It becomes rare. The wonder is in peril. The extraordinary atmosphere which it induces and which suspends the stifled daily life,...
- 1964
Antic Meet
Antic Meet01964HD
Performed like a series of vaudeville scenes that overlap, Antic Meet consists of ten playful and comedic numbers. The curtains opened with...
- 1962
Merce Cunningham
Merce Cunningham01962HD
The choreographer Merce Cunningham working with the musician John Cage and the painter Robert Rauschenberg.
- 1973
John Cage Mushroom Hunting in Stony Point
John Cage Mushroom Hunting in Stony Point01973HD
"Filmic impressions of composer John Cage, mushroom hunting on his home ground of Stony Point, New York; visiting his home for the last time;...
- 1968
498 Third Avenue
498 Third Avenue01968HD
Observational documentary about the Merce Cunningham Dance Company rehearsing throughout the summer of 1967 in New York.
- 2008
Butterfly Experiment
Butterfly Experiment02008HD
A figure with two wings on a church's roof. An opera is suggested, Madame Butterfly. A silent poem that combines effect and (angelical) truth...
- 1992
Beach Birds for Camera
Beach Birds for Camera01992HD
Cunningham said of his choreography for "Beach Birds", “It is all based on individual physical phrasing. The dancers don’t have to be...
- 2021
4'33"
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Tthis collaborative, crowdsourced performance of John Cage's 4’33” features professionals, amateurs and even digital avatars from around...
- 1992
One 11 and 103
One 11 and 10301992HD
Avant-garde composer John Cage is famous for his experimental pieces and "chance music" but temporarily branched into video in 1992 with this art...