director:
Nam June Paik
/
Emile Ardolino
actor:
George Plimpton
/
Claude Villers
/
Peter Gabriel
/
Laurie Anderson
/
Joseph Beuys
…
genre:
Comedy
/
Music
/
TV Movie
/
Documentary
language:
English
/
French
release date:
1984-01-01
(发布日期)
IMDb: tt21972920
overview
In his book "1984", George Orwell saw the television of the future as a control instrument in the hands of Big Brother. Right at the start of the much-anticipated Orwellian year, Paik and Co. were keen to demonstrate satellite TV's ability to serve positive ends-- Namely, the intercontinental exchange of culture, combining both highbrow and entertainment elements. A live broadcast shared between WNET TV in New York and the Centre Pompidou in Paris, linked up with broadcasters in Germany and South Korea, reached a worldwide audience of over 10 or even 25 million (including the later repeat transmissions).