Philip Glass Movies

  • 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
  • 2015
    The Viking of Sixth Avenue

    The Viking of Sixth Avenue

    The Viking of Sixth Avenue

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    A documentary about the colorful life, times and music of a true original, Louis “Moondog” Hardin, an eccentric blind musician and...

    The Viking of Sixth Avenue
  • 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
  • 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
  • 2021
    In the Penal Colony

    In the Penal Colony

    In the Penal Colony

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    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...

    In the Penal Colony
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1968
    Railroaded

    Railroaded

    Railroaded

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    An absurdist comedy short directed and produced by Harrison Engle. Features one of the first film scores by Philip Glass.

    Railroaded
  • 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
  • 2013
    Glass: The Perfect American

    Glass: The Perfect American

    Glass: The Perfect American

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    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...

    Glass: The Perfect American
  • 1971
    New Music: Sounds and Voices from the Avant-Garde New York 1971

    New Music: Sounds and Voices from the Avant-Garde New York 1971

    New Music: Sounds and Voices from the Avant-Garde New York 1971

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    With participation of John Cage, Earle Brown, David Tudor, Gordon Mumma, David Behrman, Max Neuhaus, Morton Subotnik, Phil Corner, Joe Jones, Alvin...

    New Music: Sounds and Voices from the Avant-Garde New York 1971
  • 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
  • 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: Parts 1 & 2

    Continuum: Parts 1 & 2

    Continuum: Parts 1 & 2

    01989HD

    Abstract video art with music composed by Philip Glass. Music by the Kronos String Quartet.

    Continuum: Parts 1 & 2
  • 2017
    Crônica da Demolição

    Crônica da Demolição

    Crônica da Demolição

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    At the heart of Rio de Janeiro's downtown, an empty square with a dry fountain and an underground parking. There was located the Monroe Palace, that...

    Crônica da Demolição
  • 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
  • 1968
    Inquiring Nuns

    Inquiring Nuns

    Inquiring Nuns

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    Two nuns travel across Chicago asking people the question, "Are you happy?"

    Inquiring Nuns
  • 1970
    NEOOONOWWW

    NEOOONOWWW

    NEOOONOWWW

    01970HD

    Described as a fairy tale for the young and young at heart, focused on the forging of a new culture in a world threatened by ecological collapse and...

    NEOOONOWWW
  • 2005
    Philip Glass: Looking Glass

    Philip Glass: Looking Glass

    Philip Glass: Looking Glass

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    This documentary captures the overflowing energy and activity of one today's greatest composers, Philip Glass, and allows us to follow him from New...

    Philip Glass: Looking Glass
  • 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