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How to get out of the cage : a year with John Cage
- Title
- How to get out of the cage : a year with John Cage / Silk Road Film Salon and EuroArts present ; a film by Frank Scheffer ; directed by Frank Scheffer ; produced by Jia Zhao, Dieter Gross, Frank Scheffer ; a production of Silk Road Film Salon in co-production with EuroArts.
- Publication
- [Berlin] : EuroArts, [2012], ©2012.
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- Description
- 1 videodisc (56 min.) : sound, color; 4 3/4 in.
- Summary
- Director Frank Scheffer presents a documentary based on his archival footage of time spent with composer John Cage between 1982 and 1992. Also includes experimental films.
- Alternative Title
- Chessfilmnoise.
- Wagner's ring.
- Nopera.
- Ryoanji.
- Stoperas I & II.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Documentary films.
- Nonfiction films.
- Experimental films.
- Short films.
- Note
- Running time for documentary feature is 56 minutes; total running time for experimental films is 92 minutes.
- System Details (note)
- DVD; region 0, NTSC; full screen presentation (feature), widescreen presentation (experimental films); PCM stereo.
- Language (note)
- English dialogue with optional French, German, or Japanese subtitles.
- Contents
- Feature: Nachtcagetag : 24 hours of the music of John Cage, Cologne, Germany, Feb. 14 & 15th, 1987 -- Roaratorio : an Irish circus on Finnegans wake, based on the book by James Joyce, Royal Albert Hall, London, England, July 18th, 1987 -- Los Angeles Festival : L.A., USA, September 3rd-27th, 1987 -- New York : United States of America, October 3rd-7th, 1987 -- Europeras 1 & 2 : Frankfurt, Germany, November 12th & December 11th, 1987 --
- Experimental films: Chessfilmnoise / directed by John Cage ; produced by Frank Scheffer (1988, 17 min.) -- Wagner's ring / FS Film & Video presents ; conceived by John Cage ; realisation, Frank Scheffer (1987, 4 min.) -- Nopera / Allegri Film presents ; a film by Frank Scheffer ; produced by Frank Scheffer (1995, 6 min.) -- Ryoanji / directed and produced by Frank Scheffer (2011, 61 min.) -- Stoperas I & II / FS Film & Video presents ; directed by Frank Scheffer ; based on Europeras I & II composed by John Cage ; a production of Opernhaus Zurich (1992, 3 min.).
- LCCN
- 880242591685
- OCLC
- ocn809163761
- 809163761
- SCSB-9442950
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries