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How to get out of the cage : a year with John Cage

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  1. 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.
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  1. [Berlin] : EuroArts, [2012], ©2012.

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Additional authors
  1. Scheffer, Frank, 1956-
  2. Zhao, Jia.
  3. Gross, Dieter.
  4. Cage, John.
  5. Black, Robert, 1956-
  6. Blum, Eberhard, 1940-2013.
  7. Hausmann, Iven.
  8. Reschke, Gudrun.
  9. Thomas, John Patrick.
  10. Williams, Jan, 1939-
  11. Opernhaus Zürich.
  12. Silk Road Film Salon.
  13. EuroArts Music International GmbH.
  14. FS Film & Video (Firm)
  15. Allegri Film.
Description
  1. 1 videodisc (56 min.) : sound, color; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
  1. 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
  1. Chessfilmnoise.
  2. Wagner's ring.
  3. Nopera.
  4. Ryoanji.
  5. Stoperas I & II.
Subject
  1. Cage, John
  2. Composers > United States > Interviews
  3. Aleatory music
  4. Avant-garde (Music)
Genre/Form
  1. Documentary films.
  2. Nonfiction films.
  3. Experimental films.
  4. Short films.
Contents
  1. 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 --
  2. 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.).
Note
  1. Running time for documentary feature is 56 minutes; total running time for experimental films is 92 minutes.
System details (note)
  1. DVD; region 0, NTSC; full screen presentation (feature), widescreen presentation (experimental films); PCM stereo.
Language (note)
  1. English dialogue with optional French, German, or Japanese subtitles.