John Cage

Composer, Music Department, Writer

Birthdate: Sep 5, 1912

Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, USA

Died: Aug 12, 1992

Innovative Composer and pianist, educated at Pomona College, he studied music with Fannie Dillon, Ruhan Buhlig, Lazare Levy, Henry Cowell, Adolph Weiss, Arnold Schönberg, and Edgard Varèse. He invented the concept of the "prepared" piano, and gave recitals in Europe and the United States. He joined ASCAP in 1955.

Movies

Known For

Shutter Island

(2010)

Variations V

(1966)

Film über Nichts

(1992)

One 11 and 103

(1992)

John Cage Movies

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Previous (32)

2022 |
Personality Crisis: One Night Only
2020 |
Twinkle Dammit!as Toy Instrumentalist
2018 |
Site-Specific: The History of the Mattress Factory
2014 |
Before the Last Drop
2012 |
John Cage: Journeys in Sound
2011 |
Ryoanji
2010 |
Novembre
2009 |
Varese: The One All Alone
2006 |
A Zen Life: D.T. Suzuki
2005 |
Trying to Describe Oneself
1998 |
Sonic Acts: From Stockhausen to Squarepusher
1995 |
John Cage: From Zero
1992 |
22708 Types
1992 |
Film über Nichts
1992 |
One 11 and 103
1991 |
Cage/Cunningham
1991 |
Fluxconcert
1991 |
Peefeeyatko
1989 |
Mr. Hoover and I
1988 |
Time Is Music: Elliott Carter and John Cage
1985 |
Colin McPhee: The Lure of Asian Music
1983 |
Sometimes It Works, Sometimes It Doesn't
1982 |
Poetry in Motion
1979 |
Robert Rauschenberg: Retrospective
1977 |
A Rose: That's What Life Is All Aboutas Schachspieler (Chess Player)
1972 |
American Art in the 1960s
1972 |
Birdcage - 73'20.958'' for a Composer
1972 |
New Music: Sounds and Voices from the Avant-Garde, New York 1971
1968 |
Assemblage
1966 |
John Cage
1966 |
Variations V
1947 |
Dreams That Money Can Buy

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2019 |
Cunningham
Cunningham
2019
PG
1h 33m
Biography, Documentary, Music
6.6
The iconic Merce Cunningham and the last generation of his dance company is stunningly profiled in Alla Kovgan's 3D documentary, through recreations of his landmark works and archival footage of Cunningham, John Cage, and Robert Rauschenberg.
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2017 |
In Pursuit of Silence
In Pursuit of Silence
2017
PG
1h 21m
Documentary
7.1
A film about our relationship with silence and the impact of noise on our lives.

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