
The Commission
📅 Saturday, 1 January 1983⏱️ 45m
🎬 Directed by Woody Vasulka🏢 New Mexico Arts Division
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★★★★★
TMDB Rating
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.
Cast & Crew

Robert Ashley
Hector Berlioz

Ernest Gusella
Niccolo Paganini
C
Cosimo Corsano
The Mortician
B
Ben Harris
Paganini's Son
A
Andrea Harris
The Voice
D
David Ossman
The Narrator
🎬 Directed byWoody Vasulka
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