John Cage: I Have Nothing to Say and I Am Saying It (1990): Cast

This 56‑minute documentary surveys John Cage’s life, covering his love of mushrooms, Zen beliefs and I Ching. It references Black Mountain community, Buckminster Fuller, Rauschenberg and Duchamp, and features Yoko Ono, John Rockwell, Laurie Anderson and Richard Kostelanetz. Highlights include Margaret Leng‑Tan on prepared piano, Merce Cunningham’s company, and performances of Credo In Us, Water Music and Third Construction, demystifying the composer who turned silence and everyday sounds into music.

• AM Director Allan Miller

• John Cage as themselves
• YO Yoko Ono as themselves
• Laurie Anderson as themselves
• MC Merce Cunningham as themselves

• The Turandot Project 2001 · Metascore 65
• John Cage: Journeys in Sound 2012
• Small Wonders 1995
• The Bolero 1973