Alvin Lucier Movies

  • 2012
    No Ideas But in Things - the composer Alvin Lucier

    No Ideas But in Things - the composer Alvin Lucier

    No Ideas But in Things - the composer Alvin Lucier

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    “Don’t ask me what I mean, ask me what I’ve made” – inspired by this motto, the documentary accompanies the American...

    No Ideas But in Things - the composer Alvin Lucier
  • 1974
    Music with Roots in the Aether: Opera for Television by Robert Ashley

    Music with Roots in the Aether: Opera for Television by Robert Ashley

    Music with Roots in the Aether: Opera for Television by Robert Ashley

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    In 1975 the composer Robert Ashley embarked on an ambitious work titled Music With Roots in the Aether. He called it an Opera (or piece of theater...

    Music with Roots in the Aether: Opera for Television by Robert Ashley
  • 2017
    Gray House

    Gray House

    Gray House

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    A silent fisherman in Texas, a blazing oil field in North Dakota, a mysterious community in Virginia, a women’s prison in Oregon, and a...

    Gray House
  • 1976
    A Tribute to John Cage

    A Tribute to John Cage

    A Tribute to John Cage

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    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 Tribute to John Cage
  • 1968
    Dr. Chicago

    Dr. Chicago

    Dr. Chicago

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    A surgeon is on the run from the police for unacknowledged reasons.

    Dr. Chicago
  • 1970
    New Music: Sounds and Voices from the Avant-Garde New York 1971

    New Music: Sounds and Voices from the Avant-Garde New York 1971

    New Music: Sounds and Voices from the Avant-Garde New York 1971

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    With participation of John Cage, Earle Brown, David Tudor, Gordon Mumma, David Behrman, Max Neuhaus, Morton Subotnik, Phil Corner, Joe Jones, Alvin...

    New Music: Sounds and Voices from the Avant-Garde New York 1971
  • 1971
    Cry Dr. Chicago

    Cry Dr. Chicago

    Cry Dr. Chicago

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    The premise of the Dr. Chicago feature film trilogy is that Dr. Chicago (Alvin Lucier), a sex-change surgeon, is perpetually on the lam, fleeing the...

    Cry Dr. Chicago
  • 1970
    Ride Dr. Chicago Ride

    Ride Dr. Chicago Ride

    Ride Dr. Chicago Ride

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    From George Manupelli's Doctor Chicago trilogy, starring Alvin Lucier as the evil (and politically incorrect) surgeon on the lam, Dr. Alvin Chicago...

    Ride Dr. Chicago Ride