Laurie Anderson Movies

  • 2012
    BAM150

    BAM150

    BAM150

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    A captivating history of the nation's oldest performing arts center - which largely mirrors the evolution of experimental and progressive performing...

    BAM150
  • 1990
    One World, One Voice

    One World, One Voice

    One World, One Voice

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    An extraordinary music special is the climax to One World week. The brainchild of ex-10cc drummer Kevin Godley, it features the first true global...

    One World, One Voice
  • 1986
    What You Mean We?

    What You Mean We?

    What You Mean We?

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    WHAT YOU MEAN WE is a surreal short film by experimental artist Laurie Anderson.

    What You Mean We?
  • 2006
    Andy Warhol: A Documentary Film

    Andy Warhol: A Documentary Film

    Andy Warhol: A Documentary Film

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    Ric Burns unearths rarely seen footage and offers keen observations on the life and artistic influence of Andy Warhol. [Made for and aired on PBS's...

    Andy Warhol: A Documentary Film
  • 2005
    John Peel's Record Box

    John Peel's Record Box

    John Peel's Record Box

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    John Peel's Record Box is a documentary film made by Elaine Shepherd, released on 14 November 2005 on Channel 4. It was nominated for Primetime Emmy...

    John Peel's Record Box
  • 2023
    Garland Jeffreys: The King of in Between

    Garland Jeffreys: The King of in Between

    Garland Jeffreys: The King of in Between

    02023HD

    Garland Jeffreys, the mixed-race Brooklyn native whose music defied industry norms, receives long-overdue recognition in this enlightening...

    Garland Jeffreys: The King of in Between
  • 2002
    McLuhan's Wake

    McLuhan's Wake

    McLuhan's Wake

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    A fascinating clash of philosophy, classical studies and Pop Culture, this film capsulizes a number of "Media Prophet" Marshall McLuhan's conclusions...

    McLuhan's Wake
  • 1987
    Swimming to Cambodia

    Swimming to Cambodia

    Swimming to Cambodia

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    Spalding Gray sits behind a desk throughout the entire film and recounts his exploits and chance encounters while playing a minor role in the film...

    Swimming to Cambodia
  • 1986
    The World beyond the World

    The World beyond the World

    The World beyond the World

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    'Thinking machines' and 'people thinking as machines' (super-computerprogrammers who have internalized computerese) are perhaps two of a kind. But...

    The World beyond the World
  • 2010
    Homeland: The Story of the Lark

    Homeland: The Story of the Lark

    Homeland: The Story of the Lark

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    A distilled, up-to-the-minute portrait of our agitated nation, its politics, its economics, its delusions and its dreams. Laurie Anderson's tone is...

    Homeland: The Story of the Lark
  • 2020
    Symphony Of The Invisible

    Symphony Of The Invisible

    Symphony Of The Invisible

    02020HD

    "Symphony of the Invisible" is a reflection on creation and how through art, poetry and images you can break the limits that have been imposed on...

    Symphony Of The Invisible
  • 2023
    Buke & Gase

    Buke & Gase

    Buke & Gase

    02023HD

    In 2020, at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, when tours were canceled and all live music went silent, one band refused to stay quiet. The musical...

    Buke & Gase
  • 1992
    Monster in a Box

    Monster in a Box

    Monster in a Box

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    Monologuist Spalding Gray talks about the great difficulties he experienced while attempting to write his first novel, a nearly 2,000-page...

    Monster in a Box
  • 2025
    Free for All: The Public Library

    Free for All: The Public Library

    Free for All: The Public Library

    02025HD

    The story of the quiet revolutionaries who made a simple idea of a public library happen. From the pioneering women behind the "Free Library...

    Free for All: The Public Library
  • 2018
    Call Us Ishmael

    Call Us Ishmael

    Call Us Ishmael

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    Each and every year hundreds of people flock to New Bedford, MA in bleak mid-winter to partake in a celebration like none other. They read this...

    Call Us Ishmael
  • 1991
    Sphinxes Without Secrets

    Sphinxes Without Secrets

    Sphinxes Without Secrets

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    Since its inception, performance art provided a forum for those artists whose work challenges the dominant aesthetic and cultural status quo. In...

    Sphinxes Without Secrets
  • 1983
    No York City

    No York City

    No York City

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    Impressions of New York City. Experimental short.

    No York City
  • 1977
    Songs for Lines/Songs for Waves

    Songs for Lines/Songs for Waves

    Songs for Lines/Songs for Waves

    01977HD

    This performance consists of ten songs in which music, language and images are equally important. In most of these songs, Anderson plays the violin,...

    Songs for Lines/Songs for Waves
  • 2007
    Why Birds Sing

    Why Birds Sing

    Why Birds Sing

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    Inspired by musician and eco-philosopher David Rothenberg's book of the same title, this documentary explores the intriguing, charming, complex and...

    Why Birds Sing
  • 1981
    14 Americans: Directions of the 1970s

    14 Americans: Directions of the 1970s

    14 Americans: Directions of the 1970s

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    The multiple means of making art after the end of illusionism led these artists to create performances, sculptures, earthworks, tableaux, furniture,...

    14 Americans: Directions of the 1970s