Lives of Performers (1972)
Embodying Rainer’s aesthetic rigor and wit, the film combines fiction and documentary, script readings, dance snippets, still photos, and tableaux vivants to explore issues of power and gender that influence the emotional lives of her performers.
Director: Yvonne Rainer
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John Erdman as |
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Valda Setterfield as |
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Shirley Soffer as |
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Fernando Torm as |
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Yvonne Rainer as |
| Directing | Yvonne Rainer | Director |
| Writing | Yvonne Rainer | Writer |
| Camera | Babette Mangolte | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Gordon Mumma | Sound |
| Editing | Yvonne Rainer | Editor |
| Sound | Gene De Fever | Sound |
| Editing | Babette Mangolte | Editor |