Philip Glass Movie Trailers
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La mort de Molière Trailer (1994)
17 January 1994
A collaboration in which Robert Wilson and Heiner Müller let Molière die, imagine his death in tableaux with text passages recited by Müller himself.
Paris Opera Ballet: Tribute to Jerome Robbins 2 Trailer (2018)
27 October 2018
Jerome Robbins considered the Paris Opera Ballet as his second home after the New York City Ballet. This production in his honour brings together works displaying the infinite diversity of his sources of inspiration and his genius on stage.
Hands Scraping Trailer (1968)
01 January 1968
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 bare hands, and carrying the gathered heap in their hands out of the picture.
Philip Glass and The Philip Glass Ensemble: Retrospective Trailer (2020)
24 July 2020
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 specifically for the ensemble -- the principal performers of his work since 1968--featuring Music in Similar Motion, Façades featuring Jon Gibson, Building from Einstein on the Beach, excerpts from Music in Twelve Parts, and Dance IX from In the Upper Room.
The Harry Smith Project Live Trailer (2006)
07 November 2006
Hal Willner's Harry Smith Project concerts in London, New York and Los Angeles celebrated the eccentric collector genius and his influential Anthology of American Folk Music.
Pointy Teeth for Pointy People Trailer (1999)
01 June 1999
A cousin stays overnight at a couple's place as both of her parents are missing. The husband suspects that she is a vampire as he keeps seeing corpses and her biting into them in his nightmares.
Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell Trailer (2008)
26 September 2008
Wild Combination is a visually absorbing portrait of the seminal avant-garde composer, singer-songwriter, cellist, and disco producer Arthur Russell.
Robert Wilson and the Civil Wars Trailer (1987)
14 September 1987
Robert Wilson and the Civil Wars is an in-depth documentation of Robert Wilson’s ambitious attempt to stage an epic, twelve-hour, multinational opera for the 1984 Summer Olympics.
Einstein on the Beach: The Changing Image of Opera Trailer (1985)
14 October 1985
The creative processes of avant-garde composer Philip Glass and progressive director/designer Robert Wilson are examined in this film.
The Baroness and the Pig Trailer (2002)
02 September 2002
A rich American woman and her French husband start a Parisian salon.
Visitors Trailer (2013)
08 September 2013
From the director of KOYAANISQATSI, an astonishing film that documents the drama of how we both live and witness what we experience.
Naqoyqatsi Trailer (2002)
02 September 2002
A visual montage portrait of our contemporary world dominated by globalized technology and violence.
The Eden Myth Trailer (1999)
13 June 1999
Can you keep a family secret? Prepare to enter the dark and funny world of the Speck family. Ruled by gray-haired patriarch Vincent Speck, they appear to be your average upper-class American family as they gather together for the weekend.
These Vagabond Shoes Trailer (2009)
23 July 2009
A man travels across New York City to get a Nathan's Famous hot dog.
Mirror of the Planet Trailer (1992)
02 March 1992
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 Holes in a universe of nothingness.
Continuum: 1. Initiation Trailer (1989)
01 January 1989
Part one of the two part abstract video art-piece, with music composed by Philip Glass and performed by the Kronos String Quartet.
Closet Land Trailer (1991)
06 March 1991
A young writer is interrogated by a sadistic secret policeman. She is accused of embedding political messages in her children's stories.
Laboratorium Anthology Trailer (1999)
01 January 1999
Scenes from the life and work at Anthology Film Archives. Much of the footage in this video was shot by Auguste Varkalis.
In the Upper Room Trailer (1986)
28 August 1986
In the Upper Room is a dance/theater collaboration between choreographer Twyla Tharp and composer Philip Glass.
Richard Serra: Man of Steel Trailer (2008)
25 November 2008
Sculptor and giant of modern art Richard Serra discusses his extraordinary life and work. A creator of enormous, immediately identifiable steel sculptures that both terrify and mesmerise, Serra believes that each viewer creates the sculpture for themselves by being within it.
The Metropolitan Opera: Akhnaten Trailer (2019)
23 November 2019
Philip Glass’ opera “Akhnaten”, premiered in Stuttgart in 1984, forms the third part of the portrait opera trilogy about personalities who have influenced the course of human history.
The Origins of AIDS Trailer (2004)
02 May 2004
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 disease originated, and how the first cases spread.
Rebirth Trailer (2011)
31 August 2011
Filmed over the ensuing years after the attack on New York's World Trade Center, this documentary takes a look a the physical and emotional healing process involved in the aftermath of such a tragedy.
A Walk Through Prospero's Library Trailer (1992)
01 January 1992
A short made for TV with director Peter Greenaway discussing the dazzling 3.5 minute opening sequence from his film, 'Prospero's Books'.
The Juniper Tree Trailer (2017)
01 August 2017
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 unsuspecting father.
Powaqqatsi Trailer (1988)
29 April 1988
An exploration of technologically developing nations and the effect the transition to Western-style modernization has had on them.
Phil Glass Plays for Ralph Steiner's Mechanical Principles Trailer (2006)
01 November 2006
This was filmed at Anthology Film Archives on May 31, 2000. From the cycle of FIRST FORTY I made in late 2006 as an introduction to my work for my new, Internet audience.
War and the Weather Trailer (2021)
11 August 2021
Artist Enid Baxter Ryce created an experimental documentary with a musical score by Philip Glass to portray, in moving images, the history of "atmospheric rivers," or streams of water vapor in the sky.
Hard-Hearted Trailer (2007)
19 June 2007
A provincial war vet arrives in Moscow and subsequently takes on a gang of bad cops.
The Best of Secter & the Rest of Secter Trailer (2005)
03 March 2005
Tells the story of David Secter, Canada's first acclaimed indie filmmaker.
Yuja Wang x David Hockney London Lightroom Trailer (2025)
01 January 2025
At the Lightroom in London, pianist Yuja Wang offers an extraordinary recital at the heart of the immersive exhibition devoted to David Hockney.
What Maisie Knew Trailer (1975)
20 May 1975
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 kind of narrative.
A Perfect Couple Trailer (1986)
01 January 1986
One night in Gotham one couple ends their relationship, then another, and another.
Paul Simon: Under African Skies Trailer (2012)
11 May 2012
Paul Simon returns to South Africa to explore the incredible journey of his historic Graceland album, including the political backlash he received for allegedly breaking the UN cultural boycott of South Africa designed to end the Apartheid regime.
Animals in Love Trailer (2007)
19 December 2007
Translated literally as "Animals in Love," the French-language documentary Animaux Amoreux depicts various species of the animal kingdom in courting, mating and reproduction activities.
Mindwalk Trailer (1991)
05 December 1991
On the French island of Mont Saint-Michel, Jack, a failed presidential candidate, Tom, a poet and Sonia, a physicist, engage in an intellectual conversation about politics, philosophy and life over the course of a single day.
You, Me, and Movies Trailer (2023)
06 May 2023
Filmmaker Nathan Kornick uses interviews with his friend, Chris Shields, and confessional footage to reflect on the power of movies to help us better understand ourselves and each other.
In the Penal Colony Trailer (2021)
13 April 2021
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 arrives to witness the use of a strange machine in the execution of a prisoner.
The Man in the Bath Trailer (2001)
07 June 2001
An audiovisual work by Philip Glass and Peter Greenaway.
Objects and Memory Trailer (2008)
08 September 2008
Using stories of items recovered or offered after 9/11 and other tragedies, this film explores the human impulse to create community and reestablish connection in times of upheaval.
Wildfire Trailer (2003)
01 January 2003
Female dancers “clothed” in electronically generated flaming colors reincarnate Thomas Edison’s 1894 hand-tinted film “Annabelle Dances”.
Geometry of Circles Trailer (1980)
11 March 1980
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 various geometric patterns.
Glass - Double Concerto for Two Pianos Trailer (2016)
19 May 2016
As part of a new collaboration with the famous composer Philip Glass, French pianists Katia and Marielle Labèque perform the European premiere of Glass's Concerto for Two Pianos with the Orchester de Paris.
November 22, 1963 Trailer (2013)
21 November 2013
Josiah “Tink” Thompson discusses the Kennedy assassination, the nature of truth and photographic evidence in this short film from director Errol Morris.
A Composer’s Notes: Philip Glass and the Making of an Opera Trailer (1986)
08 October 1986
This documentary by Michael Blackwood looks at the development and production of Glass' opera Akhnaten.
Living is a solution Trailer (1980)
17 December 1980
Surroundings of the Canal Saint-Martin’s in Paris, a popular district where modernization is just about to begin.
Music Trailer (2010)
15 October 2010
The story of music and the music industry told through interviews with musicians, composers and producers across genres.
The Last Dalai Lama? Trailer (2017)
19 June 2017
In his 1992 documentary "Compassion in Exile", filmmaker Mickey Lemle created a groundbreaking portrait of the 14th Dalai Lama.
Inquiring Nuns Trailer (1968)
01 November 1968
Two nuns travel across Chicago asking people the question, "Are you happy?"
Robert Wilson: The Beauty of the Mysterious Trailer (2022)
16 January 2022
We look back at more than half a century of mysterious artistic creation while trying to crack a unique artistic code.
Philip Glass: Looking Glass Trailer (2005)
01 January 2005
This documentary captures the overflowing energy and activity of one today's greatest composers, Philip Glass, and allows us to follow him from New York to London and from Paris to Boston.
Mama General Trailer (1997)
01 January 1997
A film about poverty in a rich country: father, mother, seven children have made it out of the homeless asylum.
Trans-Action Trailer (2010)
01 January 2010
Trans-Action tells the story of an extraordinary woman. Anna Grodzka who in 2011 became the first transgender person in the Polish government, and the third transgender member of government in world history, was born in the male body and decided to finally begin her life as a woman only in her 50s.
In the Ocean Trailer (2001)
01 January 2001
A brief overview and focus on composers Philip Glass, Julia Wolfe, John Cage, Steve Reich, Elliott Carter and their contemporaries.
Philip Glass: Satyagraha Trailer (1983)
01 January 1983
This luminous, visionary opera tells the story of how Mahatma Gandhi developed the philosophy of satyagraha, nonviolent active resistance, as a political revolutionary tool to fight oppression, connecting his lifework to three historical figures who advanced his philosophy: the celebrated Russian writer Leo Tolstoy, the great Indian poet and philosopher Rabindranath Tagore and the heroic American civil rights leader Martin Luther King.
The Giant Buddhas Trailer (2005)
05 August 2005
Christian Frei's documentary traces the tragic tale of the giant Buddhas of Afghanistan's Bamiyan Valley, which stood as monumental landmarks for 1,500 years until 2001, when the Taliban declared that all non-Islamic statues in the country be destroyed.