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

September. 18,1990

Rating：

7.3

Genre：

Documentary Music

Keywords：

Classical Music Composer Genius

Trailer Synopsis Cast

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.

John Cage as Self

Yoko Ono as Self

Laurie Anderson as Self

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Reviews

Kidskycom

1990/09/18

It's funny watching the elements come together in this complicated scam. On one hand, the set-up isn't quite as complex as it seems, but there's an easy sense of fun in every exchange.

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Plustown

1990/09/19

A lot of perfectly good film show their cards early, establish a unique premise and let the audience explore a topic at a leisurely pace, without much in terms of surprise. this film is not one of those films.

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AshUnow

1990/09/20

This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

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Ariella Broughton

1990/09/21

It is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters.

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