Philip Glass Movies
- 2020

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...
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- 2005

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...
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- 2021

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...
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- 1971

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...
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- 2008

Making Mishima
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In this archival documentary, cinematographer John Bailey, production designer Eiko Ishioka, and composer Philip Glass discuss the conception of Paul...
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- 1989

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.
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- 1989

Continuum: Parts 1 & 2
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Abstract video art with music composed by Philip Glass. Music by the Kronos String Quartet.
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- 2016

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...
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- 2013

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...
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- 2021

LETTERS FROM A DISTANCE
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Letters from a distance documents a communication exercise thought out by healthcare workers from a public hospital in Mexico City to help with the...
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- 1970

The Lost Ones
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Set in an "abode where lost bodies roam each searching for its lost one". The abode is a flattened cylinder with rubber walls fifty meters in...
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- 2002

Impact of Progress
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Filmmaker Godfrey Reggio and composer Philip Glass discuss their films "Powaqqatsi" (1988) and "Naqoyqatsi" (2002).
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- 1980

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...
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- 1986

A Perfect Couple
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One night in Gotham one couple ends their relationship, then another, and another.
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- 2011

Lucinda Childs' Dance
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A documentary about the American postmodern dancer and choreographer Lucinda Childs. For Dance, a choreography from '79 set to the music of Philip...
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- 2002

Essence of Life
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Filmmaker Godfrey Reggio and composer Philip Glass talk about their 1982 film "Koyaanisqatsi."
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- 2001

In the Ocean
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A brief overview and focus on composers Philip Glass, Julia Wolfe, John Cage, Steve Reich, Elliott Carter and their contemporaries.
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