Quarry (1978)
Monk’s meditation on WWII and recurring cycles of intolerance, fascism, and cruelty in history originated in 1976 as a live stage work utilizing elements of music, images, movement, dialogue, film, sound, and light. This film version, shot on 16mm in the Lepercq Space at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in 1977, was created in partnership with the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts as part of their initiative to document ground-breaking live performance for future restaging. QUARRY centers on a sick American child (played by Monk herself) whose world darkens as her illness progresses, this darkening including the rise of a dictator. A unique document of this innovative, boundary-blurring production, and a work of art on its own terms, replete with a film-within-a-film directed by Monk in 1975.
Cast
- Meredith Monk - Child
- Ping Chong - The Dictator
- Steve Clorfeine - Dictator's Aide
- Tone Blevins - Old Testament woman / Dictator
- Daniel Ira Sverdlik - Old Testament man / Dictator
- Lanny Harrison - Radio Singer / Announcer / Woman in a flowered dress / Dictator
- Monica Moseley - Woman at a table / Dictator
- Pablo Vela - Man with grey hair / Dictator
- Lee Nagrin - Woman with Gray Hair
- Mary Shultz - Woman at Table
Screenplay
Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Quarry about?
- Monk’s meditation on WWII and recurring cycles of intolerance, fascism, and cruelty in history originated in 1976 as a live stage work utilizing elements of music, images, movement, dialogue, film, sound, and light. This film version, shot on 16mm in the Lepercq Space at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in 1977, was created in partnership with the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts as part of their initiative to document ground-breaking live performance for future restaging. QUARRY centers on a sick American child (played by Monk herself) whose world darkens as her illness progresses, this darkening including the rise of a dictator. A unique document of this innovative, boundary-blurring production, and a work of art on its own terms, replete with a film-within-a-film directed by Monk in 1975.
- Who directed Quarry?
- Quarry was directed by Meredith Monk, Amram Nowak.
- Who stars in Quarry?
- Quarry stars Meredith Monk, Ping Chong, Steve Clorfeine, Tone Blevins, Daniel Ira Sverdlik, Lanny Harrison.
- How long is Quarry?
- Quarry has a runtime of 1h 22m (82 minutes).
- What genre is Quarry?
- Quarry is a Music, Drama film.
- Where was Quarry produced?
- Quarry was produced in United States of America.