Living with the Living Theatre
1989, English. Directed by Nam June Paik & Betsy Connors & Paul Garrin.
One of Paik's most compelling and poignant tapes, Living with the Living Theatre pays tribute to Judith Malina and the late Julien Beck, founder of the Living Theatre. Reversing the theme of the earlier Allan 'n' Allen's Complaint, which dealt with two artists and their relationships to their fathers, Paik explores Malina and Beck's relationship to their children. Interviews provide the memories of actual lives lived together, while Betsy Connors' animated sequences transcend the specific to suggest the universality of childhood. Garrin and Paik edit these elements into an electronic synthesis that is at times dizzyingly psychedelic and always affectionate towards its subjects. Infused with personal and cultural memories that evoke time and place — Janis Joplin concert footage, Living Theatre performances — Paik creates a haunting and deeply moving homage.
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Living with the Living Theatre isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 1 January 1989. (Checked 14 November 2026.)
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Who directed Living with the Living Theatre?
Living with the Living Theatre (1989) was directed by Nam June Paik and Betsy Connors and Paul Garrin.