Robert Ashley Movies
- 2019
Improvement (Don Leaves Linda)
Improvement (Don Leaves Linda)02019HD
A new production of Robert Ashley's 1991 opera, "Improvement (Don Leaves Linda," featuring Gelsey Bell, Amirtha Kidambi, Brian McCorkle, Paul Pinto, D...
- 1981
Music Word Fire And I Would Do It Again (Coo-Coo): The Lessons
Music Word Fire And I Would Do It Again (Coo-Coo): The Lessons01981HD
Buried inside the epic American opera for television, “Perfect Lives” are the boogie-woogie lessons being sold by Buddy to untalented people in the mi...
- 1984
Perfect Lives
Perfect Lives7.51984HD
Set in the American Midwest, Perfect Lives is “about” bank robbery, cocktail lounges, geriatric love, adolescent elopement, the changing of the light...
- 1983
Four American Composers: Robert Ashley
Four American Composers: Robert Ashley01983HD
A television documentary produced for British Television directed by Peter Greenaway.
- 1974
Music with Roots in the Aether: Opera for Television by Robert Ashley
Music with Roots in the Aether: Opera for Television by Robert Ashley5.51974HD
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 dep...
- 1984
Atalanta Strategy
Atalanta Strategy01984HD
The story of Willard from Ashley's opera Atalanta, recounted in 3 parts.
- 1983
The Commission
The Commission01983HD
This work is Woody's first entry into the narrative sphere, whereby the "story" is continually undermined with the aid of various anti-narrative strat...
- 1991
Frames for Seconds
Frames for Seconds01991HD
Video art show presented at the 1991 Broadcast Designers Association convention. Includes work from: Robert Ashley, Robert Breer, Peter Callas, Christ...