Quarry 1978
Quarry
Monk’s meditation on WWII and recurring cycles of intolerance, fascism, and cruelty in history originated in 1976 as a live stage work utilizing elements of music, images, movement, dialogue, film, sound, and light. This film version, shot on 16mm in the Lepercq Space at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in 1977, was created in partnership with the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts as part of their initiative to document ground-breaking live performance for future restaging. QUARRY centers on a sick American child (played by Monk herself) whose world darkens as her illness progresses, this darkening including the rise of a dictator. A unique document of this innovative, boundary-blurring production, and a work of art on its own terms, replete with a film-within-a-film directed by Monk in 1975.
Monk’s meditation on WWII and recurring cycles of intolerance, fascism, and cruelty in history originated in 1976 as a live stage work utilizing elements of music, images, movement, dialogue, film, sound, and light. This film version, shot on 16mm in the Lepercq Space at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in 1977, was created in partnership with the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts as part of their initiative to document ground-breaking live performance for future restaging. QUARRY centers on a sick American child (played by Monk herself) whose world darkens as her illness progresses, this darkening including the rise of a dictator. A unique document of this innovative, boundary-blurring production, and a work of art on its own terms, replete with a film-within-a-film directed by Monk in 1975.
Videos & Photos
All 0 Videos & 3 Photoscast
Full Cast & Crew... Child
PC
Ping Chong... The Dictator
... Dictator's Aide
TB
Tone Blevins... Old Testament woman / Dictator
... Old Testament man / Dictator
... Radio Singer / Announcer / Woman in a flowered dress / Dictator
Release Date:
Aug 08, 1978 (United States)
Run Time:
1hr 22`
MMPA Rating:
Original Language:
English
Production Countries:
United States
Status:
Released
Cast & Crew of
Quarry
Directors & Credit Writers
... Director
AN
Amram Nowak... Director
Cast
... Child
PC
Ping Chong... The Dictator
... Dictator's Aide
TB
Tone Blevins... Old Testament woman / Dictator
... Old Testament man / Dictator
... Radio Singer / Announcer / Woman in a flowered dress / Dictator
... Woman at a table / Dictator
PV
Pablo Vela... Man with grey hair / Dictator
LN
Lee Nagrin... Woman with Gray Hair
MS
Mary Shultz... Woman at Table
GT
Gail Turner... Woman at a table
AG
Anne Gentry... Visitor at the table
CP
Coco Pekelis... Maid
... Organist
... Organist
Produced By
... Producer
... Executive Producer