Philip Glass Movies

  • 1985
    Empire City

    Empire City

    Empire City

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    A film essay contrasting the modern metropolis with its "golden age" from 1830-1930, with the participation of some of New York's leading political...

    Empire City
  • 1997
    Classic Albums: Paul Simon - Graceland

    Classic Albums: Paul Simon - Graceland

    Classic Albums: Paul Simon - Graceland

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    Singer-songwriter Paul Simon had been on the cutting-edge of pop music throughout most of the 1960s and the '70s, first as half of the seminal...

    Classic Albums: Paul Simon - Graceland
  • 2011
    They Were There

    They Were There

    They Were There

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    What does it mean to be an IBMer? Every employee experiences the company in different ways, but the global impact IBM has made on business and...

    They Were There
  • 1986
    Bye Bye Kipling

    Bye Bye Kipling

    Bye Bye Kipling

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    This ambitious live satellite link-up of Japan, Korea and the United States features interviews with Keith Haring and architect Arata Isozaki, and...

    Bye Bye Kipling
  • 2021
    LETTERS FROM A DISTANCE

    LETTERS FROM A DISTANCE

    LETTERS FROM A DISTANCE

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    Letters from a distance documents a communication exercise thought out by healthcare workers from a public hospital in Mexico City to help with the...

    LETTERS FROM A DISTANCE
  • 1986
    A Perfect Couple

    A Perfect Couple

    A Perfect Couple

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    One night in Gotham one couple ends their relationship, then another, and another.

    A Perfect Couple
  • 2005
    The Best of Secter & the Rest of Secter

    The Best of Secter & the Rest of Secter

    The Best of Secter & the Rest of Secter

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    Tells the story of David Secter, Canada's first acclaimed indie filmmaker.

    The Best of Secter & the Rest of Secter
  • 2022
    Robert Wilson: The Beauty of the Mysterious

    Robert Wilson: The Beauty of the Mysterious

    Robert Wilson: The Beauty of the Mysterious

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    We look back at more than half a century of mysterious artistic creation while trying to crack a unique artistic code. Why are people moved to tears...

    Robert Wilson: The Beauty of the Mysterious
  • 1999
    The Eden Myth

    The Eden Myth

    The Eden Myth

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    Can you keep a family secret? Prepare to enter the dark and funny world of the Speck family. Ruled by gray-haired patriarch Vincent Speck, they...

    The Eden Myth
  • 1974
    Music with Roots in the Aether: Opera for Television by Robert Ashley

    Music with Roots in the Aether: Opera for Television by Robert Ashley

    Music with Roots in the Aether: Opera for Television by Robert Ashley

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    In 1975 the composer Robert Ashley embarked on an ambitious work titled Music With Roots in the Aether. He called it an Opera (or piece of theater...

    Music with Roots in the Aether: Opera for Television by Robert Ashley
  • 2009
    In The Ocean – A Film About the Classical Avant Garde

    In The Ocean – A Film About the Classical Avant Garde

    In The Ocean – A Film About the Classical Avant Garde

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    A brief overview and focus on composers Philip Glass, Julia Wolfe, John Cage, Steve Reich, Elliott Carter and their contemporaries.

    In The Ocean – A Film About the Classical Avant Garde
  • 1999
    Pointy Teeth for Pointy People

    Pointy Teeth for Pointy People

    Pointy Teeth for Pointy People

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    A cousin stays overnight at a couple's place as both of her parents are missing. The husband suspects that she is a vampire as he keeps seeing...

    Pointy Teeth for Pointy People
  • 2007
    Animals in Love

    Animals in Love

    Animals in Love

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    Translated literally as "Animals in Love," the French-language documentary Animaux Amoreux depicts various species of the animal kingdom in courting,...

    Animals in Love
  • 2010
    Trans-Action

    Trans-Action

    Trans-Action

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    Trans-Action tells the story of an extraordinary woman. Anna Grodzka who in 2011 became the first transgender person in the Polish government, and...

    Trans-Action
  • 2013
    November 22, 1963

    November 22, 1963

    November 22, 1963

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    Josiah “Tink” Thompson discusses the Kennedy assassination, the nature of truth and photographic evidence in this short film from...

    November 22, 1963
  • 2002
    Impact of Progress

    Impact of Progress

    Impact of Progress

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    Filmmaker Godfrey Reggio and composer Philip Glass discuss their films "Powaqqatsi" (1988) and "Naqoyqatsi" (2002).

    Impact of Progress
  • 1978
    North Star: Mark di Suvero

    North Star: Mark di Suvero

    North Star: Mark di Suvero

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    North Star: Mark di Suvero is a 1977 documentary film about Mark di Suvero that was produced by François de Menil and Barbara Rose. Born in...

    North Star: Mark di Suvero
  • 1994
    La mort de Molière

    La mort de Molière

    La mort de Molière

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    A collaboration in which Robert Wilson and Heiner Müller let Molière die, imagine his death in tableaux with text passages recited by...

    La mort de Molière
  • 1989
    Continuum: 1. Initiation

    Continuum: 1. Initiation

    Continuum: 1. Initiation

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    Part one of the two part abstract video art-piece, with music composed by Philip Glass and performed by the Kronos String Quartet.

    Continuum: 1. Initiation
  • 1985
    Einstein on the Beach: The Changing Image of Opera

    Einstein on the Beach: The Changing Image of Opera

    Einstein on the Beach: The Changing Image of Opera

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    The creative processes of avant-garde composer Philip Glass and progressive director/designer Robert Wilson are examined in this film. It documents...

    Einstein on the Beach: The Changing Image of Opera