TitleThe cabinet of Dr. Ramirez
Additional title: Cabinet of Doctor RamirezAdditional title: Great performances (WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.))
NamesBaryshnikov, Mikhail, 1948- (Performer)Cusack, Joan, 1962- (Performer)Gallagher, Peter, 1955- (Performer)Vawter, Ron (Performer)Valk, Kate (Performer)Wallace, Gregory, actor (Actor)Klemperer, Werner (Performer)Maleczech, Ruth (Performer)Webster, Jeff (Performer)Kirby, Michael, 1925-2002 (Performer)Sellars, Peter (Director)Sellars, Peter (Narrator)Sellars, Peter (Author)Mockert, Rainer (Producer)Scheele, Eberhard (Producer)Tsypin, George, 1954- (Designer)Adams, John, 1947- (Composer)Watkin, David, 1925-2008 (Cinematographer)Estrin, Robert, 1942- (Film editor)Ramicova, Dunya (Costume designer)Murch, Walter, 1943- (Sound designer)Waart, Edo de (Conductor)Horn, David (Producer) (Television producer)San Francisco Symphony Orchestra (Performer)Corporation for Public Broadcasting (Broadcaster)Studio Canal+ (Production company)Mod Films (Production company)Paladin Films (Production company)British Broadcasting Corporation. Television Service (Broadcaster)WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.) (Broadcaster)Westdeutscher Rundfunk (Broadcaster)Mediascope (Firm) (Production company)
CollectionMikhail Baryshnikov Video Archive
Dates / OriginDate Created: 1993-04-14
Library locationsJerome Robbins Dance DivisionShelf locator: *MGZIDF 384
TopicsBaryshnikov, Mikhail, 1948-Silent films -- DramaSurrealism in motion pictures
GenresMotion picturesTelevision programs
NotesStatement of responsibility: Corporation for Public Broadcasting ; Studio Canal+ ; Mod Films ; Paladin Films ; BBC-TV ; WDR ; a Mediascope production.Content: Title supplied by cataloger based on title screen and container.Creation/production credits: Written and directed by Peter Sellars ; produced by Rainer Mockert, Eberhard Scheele ; production design by George Tsypin ; music by John Adams ; cinematography by David Watkin ; edited by Robert Estrin ; costumes by Dunya Ramicova ; Walter Murch, sound designer ; series producer, David Horn.Performers: Mikhail Baryshnikov (Cesar) ; Joan Cusack (Cathy) ; Peter Gallagher (Matt) ; Ron Vawter (Dr. Ramirez) ; Kate Valk (Sue) ; Gregory Wallace (Bruce) ; Werner Klemperer (Fat Man looking for a tax break) ; Ruth Maleczech (Cathy's mother) ; Jeff Webster (Cathy's brother) ; Michael Kirby (Cathy's father) ; and others ; Edo de Waart, conductor ; San Francisco Symphony Orchestra.Venue: Broadcast on Public Television (Channel 13), Great Performances program New York 1993 April 14.Acquisition: Gift; Mikhail Baryshnikov, 2011.
Physical DescriptionVideocassetteExtent: 1 videocassette (VHS) (97 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
DescriptionPeter Sellars introduces and analyzes his film and its storyline: The conflicts in the routine lives of Matt and Cathy, two young business successes, are soon overshadowed by awful events possibly linked to the mysterious Dr. Ramirez and his somnambulist sidekick, Cesar. Set to the musical score of John Adams, it has no spoken dialogue.
Type of ResourceMoving image
IdentifiersNYPL catalog ID (B-number): b20203370Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 0030aef0-e867-0131-edf4-3c075448cc4b
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