Film

The Commission (1983)

• 1 gennaio 1983
• 45m

Trama

This work is Woody's first entry into the narrative sphere, whereby the "story" is continually undermined with the aid of various anti-narrative strategies: In each of the eleven segments of this "electronic opera", different effects are used. Fascinated with the remarkable personality of infamous violinist Niccola Paganini and his complicated relationship to Hector Berlioz (played by artists Ernie Gusella and Robert Ashley, respectively), the author meditates over the intricacies of artistic geniality as connected not only with fame but also with the necessity of painful survival under the pressures of the art market.

Regista

Woody Vasulka

Sceneggiatori

Ernest Gusella, Robert Ashley

Con

Robert Ashley, Ernest Gusella, Cosimo Corsano