Philip Glass Movies

  • 1983
    Four American Composers: Philip Glass

    Four American Composers: Philip Glass

    Four American Composers: Philip Glass

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    A television documentary produced for British Television directed by Peter Greenaway about Phillip Glass that is a recording of a performance of the...

    Four American Composers: Philip Glass
  • 1992
    Mirror of the Planet

    Mirror of the Planet

    Mirror of the Planet

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    Jytte Rex' sixth feature explores the here and now, the once and future beyond, Death and Eros, and proof of God's existence to be found in the Black...

    Mirror of the Planet
  • 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
  • 2002
    Essence of Life

    Essence of Life

    Essence of Life

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    Filmmaker Godfrey Reggio and composer Philip Glass talk about their 1982 film "Koyaanisqatsi."

    Essence of Life
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1977
    Carolyn danse

    Carolyn danse

    Carolyn danse

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    The first part of the Carolyn Carlson cycle. Between her and herself. Three images of the dance are repeated, come up against opacities that do not...

    Carolyn danse
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1987
    Robert Wilson and the Civil Wars

    Robert Wilson and the Civil Wars

    Robert Wilson and the Civil Wars

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    Robert Wilson and the Civil Wars is an in-depth documentation of Robert Wilson’s ambitious attempt to stage an epic, twelve-hour, multinational...

    Robert Wilson and the Civil Wars
  • 1986
    The Kitchen Presents: Two Moon July

    The Kitchen Presents: Two Moon July

    The Kitchen Presents: Two Moon July

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    Two Moon July was a multidisciplinary event that featured experimental video, film, visual art, performance and music in a theatrical framework. More...

    The Kitchen Presents: Two Moon July
  • 1970
    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
  • 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
  • 1987
    Monolithe

    Monolithe

    Monolithe

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    Monolithe
  • 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
  • 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
  • 2020
    Philip Glass: Akhnaten

    Philip Glass: Akhnaten

    Philip Glass: Akhnaten

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    Akhnaten is set in Ancient Egypt, and based on the accession to the throne of the pharaoh Amenhotep IV – thought to have been around 1351BC...

    Philip Glass: Akhnaten