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Quarry (1978)

Movie 82 min

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.

Meredith Monk Writer Meredith Monk Director Amram Nowak Director

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Released
August 8, 1978
Runtime
82 min
IMDb
tt13580538
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Studio
New York Public Library of Performing Arts, The House Foundation for the Arts

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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.
When was Quarry released?
Quarry is a 1978 music, drama film.
Where can I watch Quarry?
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