Chasing the Dragon (1982)
a fictional autobiography in which a day from the artist’s life—filtered, edited, mediated, and performed by another actor—becomes the “ghost” of the person, a doubled identity that can never fully capture its subject. The work also conjures the spectral presence of a long-gone New York City, an uncanny body-double on the verge of austerity and collapse.
Director: Michel Auder
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Eric Bogosian as |
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Viva as |
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Geraldine Smith as |
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Michael Zwack as |
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Alice Neel as |
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Alexandra Auder as |
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Nina Gaidarova as |
| Directing | Michel Auder | Director |
| Writing | Michel Auder | Writer |
| Writing | Eric Bogosian | Writer |
| Writing | Michael Zwack | Writer |