Philip Glass Movies

  • 2011
    Lucinda Childs' Dance

    Lucinda Childs' Dance

    Lucinda Childs' Dance

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    A documentary about the American postmodern dancer and choreographer Lucinda Childs. For Dance, a choreography from '79 set to the music of Philip...

    Lucinda Childs' Dance
  • 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
  • 1995
    Untitled: New Blue

    Untitled: New Blue

    Untitled: New Blue

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    A short film directed by Paul Schrader following the story of a painting from Schrader's collection.

    Untitled: New Blue
  • 2008
    The Song

    The Song

    The Song

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    The film is based on the cycle of graphic works of the famous Lithuanian artist Stasys Krasauskas "Birth of a Woman" and is dedicated to the memory...

    The Song
  • 2002
    Essence of Life

    Essence of Life

    Essence of Life

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    Filmmaker Godfrey Reggio and composer Philip Glass talk about their 1982 film "Koyaanisqatsi."

    Essence of Life
  • 1987
    Monolithe

    Monolithe

    Monolithe

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    Monolithe
  • 1995
    Evidence

    Evidence

    Evidence

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    A haunting look at children watching television.

    Evidence
  • 1992
    Mirror of the Planet

    Mirror of the Planet

    Mirror of the Planet

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    Jytte Rex' sixth feature explores the here and now, the once and future beyond, Death and Eros, and proof of God's existence to be found in the Black...

    Mirror of the Planet
  • 2011
    Glass: Kepler

    Glass: Kepler

    Glass: Kepler

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    Live performance of Philip Glass's opera Kepler (2009) by the Landestheater Linz Upper Austrian State Theater in 2011, conducted by Dennis Russell...

    Glass: Kepler
  • 2020
    Philip Glass and The Philip Glass Ensemble: Retrospective

    Philip Glass and The Philip Glass Ensemble: Retrospective

    Philip Glass and The Philip Glass Ensemble: Retrospective

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    Watch Philip Glass and the Philip Glass Ensemble perform at the Days and Nights Festival in Big Sur. An evening of Glass's seminal works composed...

    Philip Glass and The Philip Glass Ensemble: Retrospective
  • 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
  • 2021
    War and the Weather

    War and the Weather

    War and the Weather

    02021HD

    Artist Enid Baxter Ryce created an experimental documentary with a musical score by Philip Glass to portray, in moving images, the history of...

    War and the Weather
  • 2019
    Universal Machine

    Universal Machine

    Universal Machine

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    Universal Machine is a meditation on the ultimate fate of humanity's relationship with technology. Featuring music by Philip Glass, the film follows...

    Universal Machine
  • 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
  • 1970
    Isy Boukir

    Isy Boukir

    Isy Boukir

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    Nancy Graves statement, 1971: "Izy Boukir contains footage filmed in the Sahara during eighteen days. I wanted to extend sequences [from earlier...

    Isy Boukir
  • 1977
    Carolyn danse

    Carolyn danse

    Carolyn danse

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    The first part of the Carolyn Carlson cycle. Between her and herself. Three images of the dance are repeated, come up against opacities that do not...

    Carolyn danse
  • 2008
    Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell

    Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell

    Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell

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    Wild Combination is a visually absorbing portrait of the seminal avant-garde composer, singer-songwriter, cellist, and disco producer Arthur Russell....

    Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell
  • 2017
    The Juniper Tree

    The Juniper Tree

    The Juniper Tree

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    This take on the famously dark Brothers Grimm fairy tale tells of a Wicked Stepmother who murders her stepson and serves him up in a stew to his...

    The Juniper Tree
  • 1980
    Geometry of Circles

    Geometry of Circles

    Geometry of Circles

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    A short animated film consisting of the movement of six circles (each with a different colour of the rainbow) that are formed by and split up into...

    Geometry of Circles
  • 2003
    Powaqqatsi: Impact of Progress

    Powaqqatsi: Impact of Progress

    Powaqqatsi: Impact of Progress

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    A short about the making of Powaqqatsi

    Powaqqatsi: Impact of Progress