Movie Details
Theatrical Release:January 1st, 1963
Original Language:English
Carl Ruggles Christmas Breakfast (1963)
10 minJan 1st, 1963
In her earliest film which has been newly transferred to video Schneemann presents an abstracted portrait of the American composer Carl Ruggles known for his irascible personality and finelycrafted atonal music Ruggles is seen enjoying pie a la mode and ruminating on subjects ranging from Christmas to his incomplete opera The Sunken Bell The handpainted film stock heightens the impressionistic vitality of this snapshot of the 84yearold composer who is heard paraphrasing Freud Everything that you do is a matter of sex That is the great passion of life
DirectorCarolee Schneemann
