Philip Glass Movies

  • 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
  • 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
  • 2003
    Powaqqatsi: Impact of Progress

    Powaqqatsi: Impact of Progress

    Powaqqatsi: Impact of Progress

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    A short about the making of Powaqqatsi

    Powaqqatsi: Impact of Progress
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1983
    Philip Glass: Satyagraha

    Philip Glass: Satyagraha

    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...

    Philip Glass: Satyagraha
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1977
    Carolyn I

    Carolyn I

    Carolyn I

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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 I
  • 2013
    Re: Awakenings

    Re: Awakenings

    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...

    Re: Awakenings
  • 2023
    Dobrawa Czocher Europavox Sessions 2023

    Dobrawa Czocher Europavox Sessions 2023

    Dobrawa Czocher Europavox Sessions 2023

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    The cinematic, repetitive music of Polish instrumentalist Dobrawa Czocher evokes the work of Philip Glass in its textured atmospheres and deep...

    Dobrawa Czocher Europavox Sessions 2023
  • 1971
    Anxious Automation

    Anxious Automation

    Anxious Automation

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    Soundtrack by Philip Glass

    Anxious Automation
  • 1987
    Monolithe

    Monolithe

    Monolithe

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    Monolithe
  • 2006
    Un leader in ascolto

    Un leader in ascolto

    Un leader in ascolto

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    The documentary traces the life of Luciano Lama, one of the major protagonists of Italian trade union history. From the years of the Resistance to...

    Un leader in ascolto
  • 2005
    The Giant Buddhas

    The Giant Buddhas

    The Giant Buddhas

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    Christian Frei's documentary traces the tragic tale of the giant Buddhas of Afghanistan's Bamiyan Valley, which stood as monumental landmarks for...

    The Giant Buddhas
  • 1970
    Isy Boukir

    Isy Boukir

    Isy 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...

    Isy Boukir
  • 2011
    They Were There

    They Were There

    They Were There

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    What does it mean to be an IBMer? Every employee experiences the company in different ways, but the global impact IBM has made on business and...

    They Were There
  • 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
  • 1987
    Mallorca

    Mallorca

    Mallorca

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    Mallorca