Philip Glass Movies

  • 2008
    Richard Serra: Man of Steel

    Richard Serra: Man of Steel

    Richard Serra: Man of Steel

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    Sculptor and giant of modern art Richard Serra discusses his extraordinary life and work. A creator of enormous, immediately identifiable steel...

    Richard Serra: Man of Steel
  • 2002
    The Outsider: The Story of Harry Partch

    The Outsider: The Story of Harry Partch

    The Outsider: The Story of Harry Partch

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    A documentary about avant-garde composer Harry Partch.

    The Outsider: The Story of Harry Partch
  • 2010
    Music

    Music

    Music

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    The story of music and the music industry told through interviews with musicians, composers and producers across genres.

    Music
  • 1975
    What Maisie Knew

    What Maisie Knew

    What Maisie Knew

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    The film is about looking. I bet that slight variations of few recurrent elements would encourage the viewer to free associate and to fantasize a...

    What Maisie Knew
  • 1992
    A Walk Through Prospero's Library

    A Walk Through Prospero's Library

    A Walk Through Prospero's Library

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    A short made for TV with director Peter Greenaway discussing the dazzling 3.5 minute opening sequence from his film, 'Prospero's Books'. As Prospero...

    A Walk Through Prospero's Library
  • 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 Composer’s Notes: Philip Glass and the Making of an Opera

    A Composer’s Notes: Philip Glass and the Making of an Opera

    A Composer’s Notes: Philip Glass and the Making of an Opera

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    This documentary by Michael Blackwood looks at the development and production of Glass' opera Akhnaten. The film follows two productions by the...

    A Composer’s Notes: Philip Glass and the Making of an Opera
  • 2014
    Einstein on the Beach

    Einstein on the Beach

    Einstein on the Beach

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    This seminal work of avant-garde opera from composer Philip Glass and director Robert Wilson arrives full-circle, coming to France, the site of its...

    Einstein on the Beach
  • 2012
    Besa: The Promise

    Besa: The Promise

    Besa: The Promise

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    A documentary exploring how Albanians, including many Muslims, helped and sheltered Jewish refugees during WWII at their own risk, and trying to help...

    Besa: The Promise
  • 1997
    Perfect Moment

    Perfect Moment

    Perfect Moment

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    In this documentary, artist-filmmaker Nicholas Hondrogen asks people to describe memorable moments of their lives. Some, such as Norman Lear and...

    Perfect Moment
  • 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
  • 2008
    Making Mishima

    Making Mishima

    Making Mishima

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    In this archival documentary, cinematographer John Bailey, production designer Eiko Ishioka, and composer Philip Glass discuss the conception of Paul...

    Making Mishima
  • 2008
    Objects and Memory

    Objects and Memory

    Objects and Memory

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    Using stories of items recovered or offered after 9/11 and other tragedies, this film explores the human impulse to create community and reestablish...

    Objects and Memory
  • 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
  • 2024
    Anhedonia

    Anhedonia

    Anhedonia

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    A piece of visual poetry that shows the world seen through the eyes of a person in a constant state of anhedonia

    Anhedonia
  • 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
  • 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
  • 2002
    The Baroness and the Pig

    The Baroness and the Pig

    The Baroness and the Pig

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    A rich American woman and her French husband start a Parisian salon.

    The Baroness and the Pig
  • 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
  • 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