Peter Sellars Movies

  • 1987
    King Lear

    King Lear

    King Lear

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    A descendant of Shakespeare tries to restore his plays in a world rebuilding itself after the Chernobyl catastrophe obliterates most of human...

    King Lear
  • 2003
    Alice Waters and Her Delicious Revolution

    Alice Waters and Her Delicious Revolution

    Alice Waters and Her Delicious Revolution

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    Every great cook secretly believes in the power of food. Alice Waters just believes this more than anybody else. She is certain that we are what we...

    Alice Waters and Her Delicious Revolution
  • 1987
    Happy New Year

    Happy New Year

    Happy New Year

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    Small time crooksters Nick and Charlie have an elaborate plan to rob an exclusive jewelers store. Using a variety of disguises and posing as rich old...

    Happy New Year
  • 2000
    John Adams: A Portrait and A Concert of Modern American Music

    John Adams: A Portrait and A Concert of Modern American Music

    John Adams: A Portrait and A Concert of Modern American Music

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    Peer into the world of contemporary composer John Adams with this documentary that blends performance footage with insightful interviews and...

    John Adams: A Portrait and A Concert of Modern American Music
  • 1991
    The Cabinet of Dr. Ramirez

    The Cabinet of Dr. Ramirez

    The Cabinet of Dr. Ramirez

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    Featuring music instead of any dialogue and set in a near Kafkaesque future, this loose remake of The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari follows a bureaucrat...

    The Cabinet of Dr. Ramirez
  • 2006
    Hail Bop! A Portrait of John Adams

    Hail Bop! A Portrait of John Adams

    Hail Bop! A Portrait of John Adams

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    Shot over the course of a year, this intimate portrait of provocative composer John Adams presents scenes of the artist at work and at play against...

    Hail Bop! A Portrait of John Adams
  • 2019
    Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am

    Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am

    Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am

    7.52019HD

    This artful and intimate meditation on the legendary storyteller examines her life, her works, and the powerful themes she has confronted throughout...

    Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am
  • 1994
    It Is Now Our Time: Peter Sellars’ The Merchant of Venice

    It Is Now Our Time: Peter Sellars’ The Merchant of Venice

    It Is Now Our Time: Peter Sellars’ The Merchant of Venice

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    A BBC documentary about a pre-rehearsal workshop held in New York prior to the Goodman Theater’s 1994 production of The Merchant of Venice,...

    It Is Now Our Time: Peter Sellars’ The Merchant of Venice
  • 1992
    Letter to Peter, on Saint François d'Assise by Olivier Messiaen

    Letter to Peter, on Saint François d'Assise by Olivier Messiaen

    Letter to Peter, on Saint François d'Assise by Olivier Messiaen

    01992HD

    In 1992, Olivier Messiaen's epic opera "Saint François d'Assise" was brought to the Salzburg Festival in a staging by Peter Sellars. The...

    Letter to Peter, on Saint François d'Assise by Olivier Messiaen
  • 2013
    Britten: Nocturne

    Britten: Nocturne

    Britten: Nocturne

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    Tony Palmer directs this documentary exploring the life and work of the celebrated English composer, conductor and pianist. Britten is particularly...

    Britten: Nocturne
  • 2020
    Jedermann auf der Weltbühne – 100 Jahre Salzburger Festspiele

    Jedermann auf der Weltbühne – 100 Jahre Salzburger Festspiele

    Jedermann auf der Weltbühne – 100 Jahre Salzburger Festspiele

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    Jedermann auf der Weltbühne – 100 Jahre Salzburger Festspiele
  • 1990
    Così fan tutte

    Così fan tutte

    Così fan tutte

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    Though performed in the original Italian, Peter Sellars' production of Cosi fan tutte relocates Mozart's comedy of love to the neon-and-chrome glare...

    Così fan tutte
  • 2018
    Wagner: Tristan und Isolde

    Wagner: Tristan und Isolde

    Wagner: Tristan und Isolde

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    Motivated by the love that bound him to Mathilda Wesendonck, Richard Wagner’s composition of Tristan und Isolde goes far beyond any simple...

    Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
  • 2017
    Only the Sound Remains

    Only the Sound Remains

    Only the Sound Remains

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    This DVD and Blu-ray derive from the world premiere performances, at the Dutch National Opera in 2016, of Only the Sound Remains, a Japanese-inspired...

    Only the Sound Remains
  • 2004
    The Tristan Project

    The Tristan Project

    The Tristan Project

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    A four-hour plus video production inspired by Richard Wagner's oeuvre "Tristan und Isolde" and projected during the opera premiere in Paris, in...

    The Tristan Project
  • 1990
    Destination Mozart: A Night at the Opera with Peter Sellars

    Destination Mozart: A Night at the Opera with Peter Sellars

    Destination Mozart: A Night at the Opera with Peter Sellars

    01990HD

    This special program gives viewers a revealing look at Sellar's controversial productions of Mozart's Don Giovanni, Marriage of Figaro and Cosi Fan...

    Destination Mozart: A Night at the Opera with Peter Sellars
  • 2015
    Erbarme dich - Matthäus Passion Stories

    Erbarme dich - Matthäus Passion Stories

    Erbarme dich - Matthäus Passion Stories

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    Erbarme dich - Matthäus Passion Stories is a labyrinthine narrative in which notables such as Peter Sellars, Emio Greco, Simon Halsey and...

    Erbarme dich - Matthäus Passion Stories
  • 2000
    John Adams: El Niño

    John Adams: El Niño

    John Adams: El Niño

    02000HD

    Headlined by Dawn Upshaw, Lorraine Hunt Lieberson and Willard White and orchestrated by the Berlin German Symphony Orchestra, this Nativity oratorio...

    John Adams: El Niño
  • 2002
    Foreigners Out! Schlingensief's Container

    Foreigners Out! Schlingensief's Container

    Foreigners Out! Schlingensief's Container

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    FOREIGNERS OUT! SCHLINGENSIEFS CONTAINER is a thrilling, insightful, funny chronicle and reflection of one of he biggest public pranks and acts of...

    Foreigners Out! Schlingensief's Container
  • 2008
    Adams: Doctor Atomic

    Adams: Doctor Atomic

    Adams: Doctor Atomic

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    John Adams’s mesmerizing score, in the powerful production of Penny Woolcock, tells the story of one of the pivotal moments in human...

    Adams: Doctor Atomic