Perfect Lives

1984 | 175 minutes | 7.5 ★ (2)

Perfect Lives
  • Overview

    Set in the American Midwest, Perfect Lives is “about” bank robbery, cocktail lounges, geriatric love, adolescent elopement, the changing of the light at sundown, et al. One of the definitive text-sound compositions of the late 20th century, it has been called "the most influential music/theater/literary work of the 1980s".

  • Release Date

    16 February 1984

  • DirectingJohn Sanborn
  • Budget

    $0.00

  • Revenue

    $0.00

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