Philip Glass Movies

  • 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
  • 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
  • 1994
    La mort de Molière

    La mort de Molière

    La mort de Molière

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    A collaboration in which Robert Wilson and Heiner Müller let Molière die, imagine his death in tableaux with text passages recited by...

    La mort de Molière
  • 1989
    Continuum: Parts 1 & 2

    Continuum: Parts 1 & 2

    Continuum: Parts 1 & 2

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    Abstract video art with music composed by Philip Glass. Music by the Kronos String Quartet.

    Continuum: Parts 1 & 2
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1970
    Marco

    Marco

    Marco

    01970HD

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

    Marco
  • 1975
    What Maisie Knew

    What Maisie Knew

    What Maisie Knew

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    The film is about looking. I bet that slight variations of few recurrent elements would encourage the viewer to free associate and to fantasize a...

    What Maisie Knew
  • 2003
    Powaqqatsi: Impact of Progress

    Powaqqatsi: Impact of Progress

    Powaqqatsi: Impact of Progress

    02003HD

    A short about the making of Powaqqatsi

    Powaqqatsi: Impact of Progress
  • 2004
    The Origins of AIDS

    The Origins of AIDS

    The Origins of AIDS

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    While AIDS may be one of the most feared diseases of modern times, there is still a degree of scientific debate over the subject of just how the...

    The Origins of AIDS
  • 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
  • 1980
    Geometry of Circles

    Geometry of Circles

    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...

    Geometry of Circles
  • 2002
    The Outsider: The Story of Harry Partch

    The Outsider: The Story of Harry Partch

    The Outsider: The Story of Harry Partch

    02002HD

    A documentary about avant-garde composer Harry Partch.

    The Outsider: The Story of Harry Partch
  • 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
  • 2021
    War and the Weather

    War and the Weather

    War and the Weather

    02021HD

    Artist Enid Baxter Ryce created an experimental documentary with a musical score by Philip Glass to portray, in moving images, the history of...

    War and the Weather
  • 2011
    Lucinda Childs' Dance

    Lucinda Childs' Dance

    Lucinda Childs' Dance

    02011HD

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

    Lucinda Childs' Dance
  • 2002
    Impact of Progress

    Impact of Progress

    Impact of Progress

    5.52002HD

    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

    02020HD

    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
  • 1989
    Continuum: 1. Initiation

    Continuum: 1. Initiation

    Continuum: 1. Initiation

    01989HD

    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