Perfect Lives (1984)

"An opera for television"

TV Movie Music

Overview

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".

Duration

175 min

Rating

⭐ 7.5 / 10

Status

Released

Release Date

Feb 16, 1984

Languages

English

Production

The Kitchen, Channel 4 Television