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Perfect lives : an opera for television in seven episodes

Title: Perfect lives : an opera for television in seven episodes / written and created for television by Robert Ashley.
Author: Ashley, Robert.
Publication: New York : Lovely Music, 1983.

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Status	Vol/Date	Format	Access	Call Number	Item Location
Request for On-site Use How do I pick up this item and when will it be ready?	tape 1	Moving image	Use in library	VCASS 489 tape 1	Off-site

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Description

2 videocassettes (182 min.) : sound, color; 1/2 in.

Summary

Experimental opera for television employing computer graphics, live action, and electronic music. Story concerns a singer and his pianist who come to a small town in the Midwest to play at the Perfect Lives Lounge. They get caught up in a bank robbery plan with a local brother and sister.

Subjects

Genre/Form

Experimental films.
Music videos.
Television operas.
Opéras pour la télévision.
Vidéoclips.
Films expérimentaux.

Note

Each episode 26 min.

Credits (note)

Directed by John Sanborn, produced in collaboration with Carlota Schoolman for The Kitchen (New York City) in association with Channel Four (Great Britain).

Contents

I. The park (Privacy rules) -- II. The supermarket (Famous people) -- III. The bank (Victimless crime) -- IV. The Bar (Differences) -- V. The living room (The solutions) -- VI. The church (After the facts) -- VII. The backyard (T'Be continued)

OCLC

ocm36193113
36193113
SCSB-1314082

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library