"Topless Cellist" Charlotte Moorman (1995)
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.
- Date of release
- 1995-03-03
- TMDB
- 5.7 / 10 (3)
- Runtime
- 29m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Director
- Howard Weinberg, Nam June Paik
Casting
- Charlotte Moorman
- Charlie Morrow
- Yoko Ono
- Christo
- Jeanne-Claude
- Nam June Paik
- Barbara Wise
- Jerald Odover
- Otto Piene
- Beate Gordon
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