The Cabinet Of Dr. Ramirez

Peter Sellars

Quinzaine 1991 | Feature film | 1H50

Les vies routinières, émaillées de petits conflits, de Matt et Cathy, deux jeunes cadres ayant brillamment réussi, sont bientôt perturbées par des événements effrayants qui ont probablement un lien avec le mystérieux Dr Ramirez et son acolyte, Cesar le somnambule. Ces derniers surgissent dans le récit de manière aussi surprenante que ces vieilles bâtisses délabrées qui se mêlent aux tours de glace et de verre de ce quartier de Manhattan.

Artistic & technical sheet

With
Gregory Wallace
Joan Cusack
Kate Valk
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Peter Gallagher
Ron Vawter

Scénario
Peter Sellars

Image
David Watkin

Montage
Bob Estrin

Musique
John Adams

Décors
George Tsypin

Production : Rainer Mockert et Eberhard Scheele Mediascope Film und Fernsehproduktions GmbH à Munich Vente à l'étranger : Mediascope Distribué en France par : AAA à Paris

He was born in Pittsbug. He studied drama at the Lovelace puppets Theater and at the Philipps Academy, Andover, and in Japan, China and India. He headed the Boston Shakespeare Company and the American National Theater at the Kennedy Center in Washington DC. He directed more than 100 shows in theaters in the USA and all over the world. He worked at the Los Angeles festival. He directed operas. His shows are made of poetry, music, dance, drama, visual arts, cinema and video. His series Mozart-Da Ponte was shown in New York, Boston, Paris and Vienna. He directed operas of John Adams and Alice Goodman. He was member of the Wooster group and directed king Lear in collaboration with Jean-Luc Godard. He performed in movies for TV. He worked in radio. He did lectures in Yale, Georgetown, Northwestern, cal Arts etc The Cabinet of dr Ramirez is his first film. He was recently completing the writing of an essay on contemporary show ( Harper and Row publishing ).