Nam June Paik: Moon Is The Oldest TV (2023) on Netflix
NR20231h 47mBiographyDocumentary
Growing up in Japan-occupied Korea, Nam June Paik becomes a video artist who treats technology as a canvas. Archival footage and letters to friends tell his story.
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The film traces the life of Nam June Paik, from a privileged childhood in Korea under Japanese occupation to his years as a video artist working with technology as his material. It gathers archival footage, talks with the artists who were close to him, and letters he wrote to friends, among them John Cage, read aloud. Paik foresaw a connected world bringing both greater understanding between cultures and fascist tendencies.
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- Merce Cunninghamas Self (archive footage)
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