""Topless Cellist"" Charlotte Moorman

Overview

Nam June Paik's first single-channel videotape since 1989 is a heartfelt tribute to his long-time collaborator Charlotte Moorman. This portrait traces Moorman's career as an avant-garde performer, from her classical training to her notorious arrest as the ""Topless Cellist"" and subsequent talk-show celebrity. Rare documentations of Moorman's performances include Otto Piene's Sky Kiss and Jim McWilliams' Chocolate Cello. Interviews with Moorman's friends, family and collaborators, such as Yoko Ono, Christo and Jeanne Claude, Otto Piene, and Barbara Moore, among others, provide intimate recollections of the inimitable Moorman.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

March 3, 1995

Original language

English

Countries

United States of America

Production

Little Rocky Cello Corp.

Cast

Barbara Wise,Jeanne-Claude,Charlie Morrow,Otto Piene,Beate Gordon,Charlotte Moorman,Yoko Ono,Nam June Paik,Jerald Odover,Christo

Director

Howard Weinberg,Nam June Paik

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt6790346