

22/09/2019
The Unanswered Ives is the first film about Charles Ives (1874-1954), an American modernist composer, one of the first American composers of international renown. The 60-minute documentary sheds light on Ives' life and work in all its facets and inconsistencies. American singer and composer Frank Zappa included Charles Ives in a list of influences that he presented in the liner notes of his debut album Freak Out! (1966). Ives continues to influence contemporary composers, arrangers and musicians. Planet Arts Records released Mists: Charles Ives for Jazz Orchestra. Ives befriended and encouraged a young Elliott Carter. In addition, Phil Lesh, bassist of the Grateful Dead, has described Ives as one of his two musical heroes.

John Adams
as

Frank Arnold
as Charles Ives (voice)

Mark D. Boughton
as

Jack Cooper
as

Stephen Drury
as

Charron Fullerton
as

James Sinclair
as

Nancy Sudike
as

Jan Swofford
as

Charles Tyler
as

Sarane Wilkes
as A relative
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