| Description |
2 videodiscs (175 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
digital |
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optical |
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video file |
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DVD video |
| System Details |
DVD format. |
| Note |
Previously released on VHS. |
| Performer |
Robert Ashley, "Blue" Gene Tyranny, Jill Kroesen, David Van Tieghem. |
| Credits |
Camera, John Sanborn; editor, Dean Winkler; composer, Robert Ashley ; music collaborator, "Blue" Gene Tyranny. |
| 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. Various vignettes are played out in the town among people coming together for various reasons. |
| Contents |
disc 1. The park ; The supermarket ; The bank -- disc 2. The bar ; The living room ; The church ; The backyard. |
| Genre/Form |
Television operas.
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Television operas.
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Video art.
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Video art.
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Video recordings.
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Video recordings.
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| Added Author |
Ashley, Robert, 1930-2014.
Perfect lives (Libretto)
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Schoolman, Carlotta.
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Sanborn, John.
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Tyranny, Blue Gene, 1945-
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Van Tieghem, David.
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Kroesen, Jill.
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Channel Four (Great Britain)
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Kitchen Center for Video, Music, Dance, Performance, Film, and Literature (New York, N.Y.)
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Lovely Music, Ltd.
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| Note |
Subtitle on label: Opera for television |
| Standard No. |
745295491798 |
| Music No. |
LDVD 4917 Lovely Music |
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