"Produced by Trans Atlantic Films for Channel Four." Copyright date from title frames: 1983; from cassette: c1989; from container: c1985, c1991. Originally produced for television in 1983. VHS. Mystic Fire Video: 76235. Robert Ashley ("R", the storyteller) ; "Blue" Gene Tyranny (Buddy, "The world's greatest piano player") ; Jill Kroesen (Isolde (Marie Isolde)) ; David van Tieghem ("D", the captain of the football team). Filmed live at the Almeida Theatre, Islington, London.
Contents:
Episode 1. The park -- Episode 2. The supermarket -- Episode 3. The bank -- Episode 4. The bar -- Episode 5. The living room -- Episode 6. The church -- Episode 7. The backyard.
Summary:
"This film on Robert Ashley is based on a series of live performances of Perfect lives (Privacy rules) ... an opera for television in seven episodes ... filmed in a concert stage version at the Almeida Theatre (London)."
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