The Sensual Nature of Sound: 4 Composers, Laurie Anderson, Tania Leon, Meredith Monk, Pauline Oliveros
1993 / 59 min. / color
Directed by Michael Blackwood
Featuring: Laurie Anderson, Tania Leon, Meredith Monk, Pauline Oliveros
The Sensual Nature of Sound portrays four New York based composers and performers in terms of their musical lives and artistic passion. Though Laurie Anderson, Tania Leon, Meredith Monk and Pauline Oliveros are all pioneers in American music, each composer pursues a distinct direction of her own. Their rehearsals and performances show a common pursuit of lyrical storytelling through which a new set of contemporary narratives has been forged. Through body, sound, movement and composition, these women have forged their own path through the wild world of modern music.
Directed by
Michael Blackwood
Cast
Laurie Anderson
Tania Leon
Meredith Monk
Pauline Oliveros
Produced by
Michael Blackwood … producer
José Montes-Baquer … executive producer
Cinematography by
Roger Grainger
Mead Hunt
Simon Kleebauer
Joav Kosh
Mathias Maas
Yvonne Miklosh
Helmut Rathke
Mark Trottenberg
Film Editing by
Julie Sloane
Production Management
Heinz Macklin … production manager
Avi Mograbi … production manager
Sound Department
Israel David … sound recordist
Elliot Deitch … sound editor
John Murphy … sound recordist
Edgar Nitzsche … sound recordist
Stephen Plumlee … sound recordist
Mary Ellen Porto … sound editor
Esther Regelson … sound editor
Joe Romano … sound mixer
Camera and Electrical Department
Liz Dory … assistant camera (as Elizabeth Dory)
Zahavi Eyal … assistant camera
Christoph Krauss … assistant camera
Deva Melman … assistant camera
Olaf Mika … assistant camera
Additional Crew
Florian Sachisthal … Assistant Editor
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