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

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John Cage: I Have Nothing to Say and I Am Saying It (1990)

Directed by Allan Miller

Documentary, Music, TV Movie · 55m

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.

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Cast

John Cage Self
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Merce Cunningham Self Yoko Ono Self Laurie Anderson Self
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Margaret Leng Tan Herself
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Robert Rauschenberg Himself
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Patricia Denk Powers Narrator (voice)

Crew

Director
Allan Miller
Writer
Vivian Perlis
Editor
Mark Brownstone, Allan Miller
Producer
Vivian Perlis

Details

Release date
1990-09-18
Runtime
55m
Genres
Documentary, Music, TV Movie
Original language
EN
Countries
United States of America