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Sucker Punch Blues: A Look Back on John Huston's 'Fat City'
This brand new documentary takes a closer look at the production history, unique style, and lasting appeal of Fat City, as well as Leonard Gardner's novel that inspired it. Included in it are new interviews with actors Stacy Keach and Candy Clark, casting director Fred Roos, and camera assistant Gary Vidor.
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John Cage: I Have Nothing to Say and I Am Saying It
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.
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I'm Almost Not Crazy: John Cassavetes - The Man and His Work
Filmmaker Michael Ventura follows Cassavetes around as the actor/director labors on his final film, Love Streams.
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Goodbye Yellow Brick Road: The Final Elton John Performances And the Years That Made His Legend
Unseen concert footage of him over the past 50 years, hand-written journals and present-day footage of Elton John and his family.
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Elton John & Bernie Taupin: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song
Artists from across the musical spectrum will join the national library and U.S. leaders to honor the great songwriting duo of Elton John and Bernie Taupin, the 2024 recipients of the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song. The lineup includes Joni Mitchell, Garth Brooks, Brandi Carlile, Annie Lennox, Metallica, Maren Morris, Billy Porter, Charlie Puth and Jacob Lusk of Gabriels.
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Would It Kill You to Laugh? Starring Kate Berlant + John Early
Kate Berlant and John Early play celebrities reuniting after a public falling-out at a moderated TV event interspersed with absurdist sketches of varying characters, from strippers to a family of beavers.
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How to Get Out of the Cage (A year with John Cage)
2012 documentary on John Cage celebrating his 100th birthday in the form of a re-edit of partially unused film material shot for the film 'Time is Music’ in 1987. Includes interviews and recordings of performances with the influential zen composer.
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John Denver - Thank God I'm A Country Boy Live In Australia 1977
Thank God I'm A Country Boy Live In Australia is a 1977 concert from John Denver's tour Down Under and features some of his greatest hits including Rocky Mountain High, Annie's Song, Take Me Home Country Roads & Thank God I'm A Country Boy
