"John Cage has always linked various media and tried out new techniques in his work -- in addition to music he was a writer, artist, painter, philosopher and more. He never lost the will to try out new experiments: 'I am quite old now, and so when I have the opportunity to do something I take it immediately, rather than hesitating, as I don't have much time left.' Cage said this about his first and only film -- One11 --produced in the year he died. He started to address the perception of emptiness and at the same time the random quality of what happens in a prescribed space as early as 1952 in his piece '4:33,' which consisted entirely of silence. Forty years later he said: 'Of course the film will be about the effect of light in an empty space. But no space is actually empty and the light will show what is in it. And all this space and all this light will be controlled by random operations.' This simple concept was implemented professionally and with a great deal of technical input in a Munich television studio under the direction of Henning Lohner. The film One11 and the musical piece ('soundtrack') 103 run in parallel, without relating directly to each other, but each has 17 parts. Each of the parts is based on approx. 1200 random operations devised by a computer and determining how the lighting is controlled and the movements of a crane-mounted camera. The result, aided by the distinguished cameraman Van Theodore Carlson, is a film entirely without plot or actors, which Cage hopes will enable viewers to find themselves. New high-resolution digital transfer from the original film print." One11 (1992) -- a film without subject by John Cage, produced and directed by Henning Lohner with 103 for large orchestra (1992) -- the WDR Sinfonieorchester Koln. Additional features include: a choice of two orchestral soundtracks; The Making of One11: 1 43-minute documentary on the creative process and realization of the film made for television by Henning Lohner at that time -- with new narration by Joan La Barbara; Interview with Van Carlson & Henning Lohner discussing their work with Cage and the film, the technical challenges, and more. Filmed for this DVD in 2006 (33 minutes). Region 0, NTSC; Total running time: 2 hrs 46 mins; 2.0 24-bit PCM stereo; aspect ratio: standard; subtitles: English, German, French." -Forced Exposure