Philip Glass Movies

  • 1971
    End of the Art World

    End of the Art World

    End of the Art World

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    This is the debut documentary made by Alexis Krasilovsky, author of "Women Behind The Camera" (Praeger, 1997). Shot on 16mm in 1971, the film covers...

    End of the Art World
  • 2022
    An Unwillingness

    An Unwillingness

    An Unwillingness

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    A visualisation of my multimedia poem for Year 11 English Advanced. I had to write the poem based around my chosen quote from a Gwen Harwood poem. I...

    An Unwillingness
  • 2003
    Wildfire

    Wildfire

    Wildfire

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    Female dancers “clothed” in electronically generated flaming colors reincarnate Thomas Edison’s 1894 hand-tinted film...

    Wildfire
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1970
    Marco

    Marco

    Marco

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    Disbelief, shock, hostility and superstition confronted the wife of one of the filmmakers when she decided to give birth without pain medication...

    Marco
  • 2018
    Taniel

    Taniel

    Taniel

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    "Taniel" looks at the last months of poet Taniel Varoujan's life, who was murdered in the Armenian Genocide of 1915. The film's narrative is heard in...

    Taniel
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 2001
    The Man in the Bath

    The Man in the Bath

    The Man in the Bath

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    An audiovisual work by Philip Glass and Peter Greenaway.

    The Man in the Bath
  • 2022
    A Place Called Music

    A Place Called Music

    A Place Called Music

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    The musical journey between Mexican Wixárika musician Daniel Medina and American composer Philip Glass.

    A Place Called Music
  • 1970
    Izy Boukir

    Izy Boukir

    Izy 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...

    Izy Boukir
  • 1968
    Hands Scraping

    Hands Scraping

    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...

    Hands Scraping
  • 1980
    Vivre est une solution

    Vivre est une solution

    Vivre est une solution

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    Surroundings of the Canal Saint-Martin’s in Paris, a popular district where modernization is just about to begin.

    Vivre est une solution
  • 1983
    ACT III

    ACT III

    ACT III

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    Abstract video art set to the music of Philip Glass.

    ACT III
  • 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
  • 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
  • 2016
    Glass - Double Concerto for Two Pianos

    Glass - Double Concerto for Two Pianos

    Glass - Double Concerto for Two Pianos

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    As part of a new collaboration with the famous composer Philip Glass, French pianists Katia and Marielle Labèque perform the European premiere...

    Glass - Double Concerto for Two Pianos
  • 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