John Cage Movies

This film includes important examples of the Robert Rauschenberg's diverse and extraordinary accomplishments, tracing his development from his...

An experimental documentary that looks at its subject John Cage through the eyes of contemporary Avante-Garde artists as well as those who play his...

This is the debut documentary made by Alexis Krasilovsky, author of "Women Behind The Camera" (Praeger, 1997). Shot on 16mm in 1971, the film covers...

A compilation of avant-garde artwork and talent of the mid to late 20th century hosted by Ryuichi Sakamoto.

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...

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...

The film begins with a sun materializing out of the emptiness of space. In the first of three sequences we see various images from nature against...

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...

A television documentary about John Cage and his music.

2012 documentary on John Cage celebrating his 100th birthday in the form of a re-edit of partially unused film material shot for the film 'Time is...

A fascinating study of merging form with content, broken into four shorts, each complete with opening title and closing credits: "19 Questions,"...

Celebrated documentary filmmaker Emile DeAntonio discusses his comtempt for J Edgar Hoover, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and American...

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...

Trying to describe oneself is a movie about representation. How it is possible, through film, to describe oneself and describe others. With the...

A brief overview and focus on composers Philip Glass, Julia Wolfe, John Cage, Steve Reich, Elliott Carter and their contemporaries.

Portrait of Jesse Collins: a daydream nightmare in the surrealist tradition.

Chessfilmnoise is a experimental film, the first directed by John Cage, produced by Frank Scheffer. From 1982 to 1992 Frank Scheffer worked with John...

A feature length film from acclaimed dance choreographer Merce Cunningham.

The choreographer Merce Cunningham working with the musician John Cage and the painter Robert Rauschenberg.

Performed like a series of vaudeville scenes that overlap, Antic Meet consists of ten playful and comedic numbers. The curtains opened with...