Philip Glass Movies
- 1987
Robert Wilson and the Civil Wars
Robert Wilson and the Civil Wars01987HD
Robert Wilson and the Civil Wars is an in-depth documentation of Robert Wilson’s ambitious attempt to stage an epic, twelve-hour, multinational...
- 2013
Re: Awakenings
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Original Super 8 footage shot by Dr. Oliver Sacks of his patients at Beth Abraham Hospital, Bronx, NY, who were administered the drug L-Dopa in the...
- 2005
The Giant Buddhas
The Giant Buddhas72005HD
Christian Frei's documentary traces the tragic tale of the giant Buddhas of Afghanistan's Bamiyan Valley, which stood as monumental landmarks for...
- 1971
Anxious Automation
Anxious Automation01971HD
Soundtrack by Philip Glass
- 1999
Pointy Teeth for Pointy People
Pointy Teeth for Pointy People01999HD
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...
- 1986
A Perfect Couple
A Perfect Couple01986HD
One night in Gotham one couple ends their relationship, then another, and another.
- 2021
War and the Weather
War and the Weather02021HD
Artist Enid Baxter Ryce created an experimental documentary with a musical score by Philip Glass to portray, in moving images, the history of...
- 2017
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...
- 2022
A Place Called Music
A Place Called Music02022HD
The musical journey between Mexican Wixárika musician Daniel Medina and American composer Philip Glass.
- 1999
The Eden Myth
The Eden Myth41999HD
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...
- 1968
Hands Scraping
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In "Hands Scraping" we see two male pairs of hands, those of Serra and Phil Glass, sweeping up steel filings strewn on the wooden floor with their...
- 2023
You, Me, and Movies
You, Me, and Movies02023HD
Filmmaker Nathan Kornick uses interviews with his friend, Chris Shields, and confessional footage to reflect on the power of movies to help us better...
- 2021
In the Penal Colony
In the Penal Colony02021HD
Based on a story by Franz Kafka, this Philip Glass opera is set at the turn of the 20th century on a remote island where a high-ranking visitor...
- 2003
Wildfire
Wildfire02003HD
Female dancers “clothed” in electronically generated flaming colors reincarnate Thomas Edison’s 1894 hand-tinted film...
- 1995
Untitled: New Blue
Untitled: New Blue41995HD
A short film directed by Paul Schrader following the story of a painting from Schrader's collection.
- 2001
In the Ocean
In the Ocean02001HD
A brief overview and focus on composers Philip Glass, Julia Wolfe, John Cage, Steve Reich, Elliott Carter and their contemporaries.
- 1970
Isy Boukir
Isy Boukir01970HD
Nancy Graves statement, 1971: "Izy Boukir contains footage filmed in the Sahara during eighteen days. I wanted to extend sequences [from earlier...
- 2013
Glass: The Perfect American
Glass: The Perfect American62013HD
The last days of the American icon Walt Disney form a powerful and poignant subject for Philip Glass's latest opera, which was filmed at its first...
- 1986
The Kitchen Presents: Two Moon July
The Kitchen Presents: Two Moon July01986HD
Two Moon July was a multidisciplinary event that featured experimental video, film, visual art, performance and music in a theatrical framework. More...
- 1983
Philip Glass: Satyagraha
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This luminous, visionary opera tells the story of how Mahatma Gandhi developed the philosophy of satyagraha, nonviolent active resistance, as a...