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Tight 5-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
MoodPlayr · trivia#01
Opera Sextronique
1967 0h 5m EN
Synopsis
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Yalkut's film is the only record of Nam June Paik's legendary 1967 performance Opera Sextronique in New York, which was interrupted by the arrest of cellist Charlotte Moorman, who was performing topless. The incident led to Moorman's subsequent notoriety as the "Topless Cellist." This restaging of the first two movements of Opera Sextronique, performed by Moorman and filmed by Yalkut in a studio, was shot immediately after the arrest incident to present at Moorman's trial. (The judge did not permit it to be shown in court.)
“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Jud Yalkut
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The take
Jud Yalkut directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Tight 5-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
- 259 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
- 3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
The technical file
- Runtime
- 5 min · 0h 5m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- EN
Also by
Jud Yalkut
Key crew
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical1967-12-01
