Movie Details
Theatrical Release:January 1st, 1979
Original Language:English
There But For (1979)
DirectorLawrence Weiner
20 minJan 1st, 1979
Plot
There But For resembles a soap opera its charactersa couple whose relationship has seen better days a ballandjack playing adultchild and a couple that comes to visit the familyare in the midst of their daytoday lives an imitation of life The music was composed and performed live on the set as the play unfolded There But For is a freeform chance operation within the defined boundaries of place an apartment and the assigned roles of the players the mother bitch the father jerk their kid retard and their visitors The players continually argue as they feel their way through this structure where ambiguity is the form The kid asks Is mediocrity its own reward Perhaps the clue for the viewer is in the tapes title There But For the grace of God go I
