Mikel Rouse
Director · b. 1957 · St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Mikel Rouse is an American composer, filmmaker and artist associated with the Downtown NYC movement Totalism. He is perhaps best known for his "talk show opera" Dennis Cleveland.
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MovieMusicDramaThis is the small feature film that formed the integrated backdrop for the live performance/music piece. As abstract images and sound combine with the various stories and insights of the subjects interviewed, an illustration of memory is created. Seemingly unrelated video images merge with the images of the storytellers to create a common thread: the views of the Silent Minority.
MovieDocumentaryMusicA 2002 live performance of Mikel Rouse's Dennis Cleveland, a multimedia opera set entirely on a television talk show in the late 20th century.
Dennis Cleveland
2004