Crew
Written and directed by Rika Ohara
Edited, effected and animated by Rika Ohara
"Arse Longa" scene directed by Peter Schulte
Camera:
Rika Ohara
Barry Morse
Camera, Berlin:
Johannes Daniel Münch
Anastasia Vinokourova
Additional Camerawork, Berlin/Prague/Glasgow/Ho Chi Minh City/Los Angeles:
John Payne
Additional Camerawork, Los Angeles/Death Valley:
Charles Lane
Additional Camerawork, Pasadena/Los Angeles:
Will Salmon
Sound:
Debbie Spinelli
Debbie King
John Payne
Barbara Zeleny
Lighting, opening and party scenes and Milk & Glass Dance:
Jamie Hunter
Set construction, Los Angeles:
Debbie King
Rika Ohara
Assistant Director, Baitz:
Ferdinand Maubrey
Assistant Director, Pasadena:
Sorina Diaconescu
Groundwork, Baitz:
Susken Rosenthal
Hair & make-up:
Mr. Barry of Hollywood
Casting, Berlin:
Benoît Maubrey
Johannes Daniel Münch
Costume:
Rika Ohara
Tress MacNeille
Mohammed Hanif Rashid
Fashion Consultant:
Kateri Butler
Footage of Tokyo:
From Bob Sucht Yoshiko by Brigitte Krause/Trigon Films
Footage of Havana:
from Habana Holiday (Yo Soy Malo) by Chris Maher
Translation, French: Bernadette Colomine
Translation, German: Jan Martin Harbst
Portrait of Holger Czukay by: Fritz Kissels
Additional still images by:
Chris Maher
David Rafique
Sorina Diaconescu
Music
Original soundtrack by John Payne
with additional sound collage by Rika Ohara
"Takeda Lullaby"
performed by Charles Lane
"Ask the Dragon"
by Yoko Ono
performed by Yoko Ono and IMA
"Meltaway"
by Dieter Moebius,
performed live by Dieter Moebius and Michael Rother at Star Pine Café, Tokyo, December 1999 recorded by Rika Ohara
"Mad at God"
"Candy Wrapper"
"Room to Breathe"
"Blind People"
written by Peter Fletcher, performed by The Pipelayers Union
"Dô Ya Sa ´Di Dô"
written, performed and produced by Anna Homler and Bernard Sauser-Hall
Pharmacia Poetica Publishing, BMI/Bug Music
"War of `99"
written and performed by The Dark Bob
Cast
Y: Rika Ohara
The Assistant: Charles Lane
Andrea: Sarah Holbert
The Former Artist Known as John: John Payne
Interviewer: Judith Lewis
Daniel Mohn: Daniel Lynch Millner
Y. as a girl: Yuka Tojo
Atlas/Chess Player: Supermarky
Chess Player/Ted: Loren Quintana
Professor: Steve Daly
Connie: Kateri Butler
Seeker, 1981: Penelope Sudrow
Art Dealer: Ross Crutchlow
Art Collector: Tress MacNeille
First Jogger: Susken Rosenthal
Man in framed photo: Tracy Rhoades
Dieter Möbius and Michael Rother as themselves
Art Critics: Bob & Bob
Filmmaker A: Manuel Boecker
Filmmaker B: Peter Schulte
The TV Reporter: Suzanne Smith
Le TV Reporter: Bernadette Colomine
Journalist: Brian Nahas
Journalist: Joel "The Professor" Cloud
The TV Cameraman: Jay Babcock
Le TV Cameraman: Joe Talkington
The bearded young man in desert: Barry Morse
Miso performers: David Calderon
Jay Larkins
Boy (infant): Shogo Rupert
Boy (5 years): Severin Costa
Boy (18 -23 years): Nathan Ihara
History Professor: Dorothy Jensen Payne
The Potato Woman: Julia Worm
Seekers, 1999:
David Calderon
Will Salmon
Ralph Gorodetsky
Carl Stone as (almost) himself
Peter Fletcher as (almost) himself
Dave Shulman as (not quite) himself
Holger Czukay as himself
Joggers in the Park:
Christian Funke
Estelle Rapaport
Carsten Strach
Dancers in the Park:
Doreen Haberland
Irina Korenejewa
Kristin Megner
Dancers on glass:
Brian Baljanski
Lewis Berty
Edwin Seth Brown
Carol Cetrone
Sherwood Chen
Belinda Cheng
Bernadette Colomine
Deidre Jenner
Minga Lily
Roxanne Merryfield
Danielle van Dobben
Opening and party guests:
Skylare Alfvegren
Jay Babcock
Sherwood Chen
Belissa Cohen
Paula Crutcher
Philip Eng
Weba Garretson
Lorin Hart
Doris Karbaj
Tulsa Kinney
Viva Krasinki
Nikki Lillestol
Adam Maron
Connie Monaghan
Carla Payne
Alan Pulner
Quilet Rarang
Mitsu Salmon
George Sukaru
Ivy Torres
Adam Ulrich
Anna Vand
Mauricio Vasquez
Mark Wheaton
Techies (Glasgow):
Mark Ritchie
Ian Urquhart
Tony Sweeten
Voice of the Diva: Tress MacNeille
Additional voices:
Mitsu Salmon
Timothy Power