Perfect Lives

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Perfect Lives (1984)

Directed by John Sanborn

“An opera for television”

TV Movie, Music · 2h 55m

Set in the American Midwest, Perfect Lives is “about” bank robbery, cocktail lounges, geriatric love, adolescent elopement, the changing of the light at sundown, et al. One of the definitive text-sound compositions of the late 20th century, it has been called "the most influential music/theater/literary work of the 1980s".

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Cast

Crew

Director
John Sanborn
Writer
Robert Ashley
Original Music Composer
Robert Ashley

Details

Release date
1984-02-16
Runtime
2h 55m
Genres
TV Movie, Music
Original language
EN
Spoken languages
English
Countries
United Kingdom, United States of America
Production
The Kitchen, Channel 4 Television