Perfect Lives
7.8
“An opera for television”
Set in the American Midwest, Perfect Lives is “about” bank robbery, cocktail lounges, geriatric love, adolescent elopement, the changing of the light at sundown, et al. One of the definitive text-sound compositions of the late 20th century, it has been called "the most influential music/theater/literary work of the 1980s".
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Cast
6 people
Robert Ashley
"R" Narrator
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John Sanborn
Jill Kroesen
Isolde
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David Van Tieghem
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John Sanborn Director · Robert Ashley Writer Jacqueline Humbert Costume designer
United States release January 1, 1984 · Produced in United Kingdom, United States · Production Channel 4 Television
Production
The Kitchen
Production
Channel 4 Television
Production
United Kingdom · United States
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · January 1, 1984
Physical
United Kingdom · February 16, 1984
Theatrical
United States
June 9, 2023 · Physical · HD Remaster
Denmark
January 27, 1986 · Theatrical
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