Philip Glass
Philip Morris Glass is an American composer. He is one of the most influential music makers of the late 20th century. His music is also often controversially described as minimal music.
| Known For | Sound |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.156 |
| Birthday | 1937-01-31 |
| Place of Birth | Baltimore, Maryland, USA |
| Also Known As | Philip Morris Glass, |
2008
Patti Smith: Dream of Life
6/20
An intimate portrait of poet, painter, musician and singer Patti Smith that mirrors the essence of the artist herself.
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Patti Smith: Dream of Life
1997
Classic Albums: Paul Simon - Graceland
6/3
Singer-songwriter Paul Simon had been on the cutting-edge of pop music throughout most of the 1960s and the '70s, first as half of the seminal folk-ro...
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Classic Albums: Paul Simon - Graceland
2007
Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts
6.4/10
Scott Hicks documents an eventful year in the career and personal life of distinguished Western classical composer Philip Glass as he interacts with a...
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Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts
1971
New Music: Sounds and Voices from the Avant-Garde New York 1971
0/0
With participation of John Cage, Earle Brown, David Tudor, Gordon Mumma, David Behrman, Max Neuhaus, Morton Subotnik, Phil Corner, Joe Jones, Alvin Lu...
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New Music: Sounds and Voices from the Avant-Garde New York 1971
1968
Hands Scraping
8/2
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 bar...
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Hands Scraping
1999
A Brief History of Errol Morris
6.75/4
This film tells the fascinating story of one of the most critically acclaimed careers in independent documentary film making in recent cinema history....
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A Brief History of Errol Morris
1983
Four American Composers: Philip Glass
7.3/6
A television documentary produced for British Television directed by Peter Greenaway about Phillip Glass that is a recording of a performance of the P...
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Four American Composers: Philip Glass
1986
The Kitchen Presents: Two Moon July
0/0
Two Moon July was a multidisciplinary event that featured experimental video, film, visual art, performance and music in a theatrical framework. More...
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The Kitchen Presents: Two Moon July
1999
The Source
5.1/12
Traces the Beats from Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac's meeting in 1944 at Columbia University to the deaths of Ginsberg and William S. Burroughs in 1...
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The Source
1985
Einstein on the Beach: The Changing Image of Opera
10/1
The creative processes of avant-garde composer Philip Glass and progressive director/designer Robert Wilson are examined in this film. It documents th...
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Einstein on the Beach: The Changing Image of Opera
2014
What Difference Does It Make?
5.1/5
A documentary that explores the challenges that a life in music can bring.
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What Difference Does It Make?
2005
The Best of Secter & the Rest of Secter
0/0
Tells the story of David Secter, Canada's first acclaimed indie filmmaker.
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The Best of Secter & the Rest of Secter
2022
Robert Wilson: The Beauty of the Mysterious
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We look back at more than half a century of mysterious artistic creation while trying to crack a unique artistic code. Why are people moved to tears w...
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Robert Wilson: The Beauty of the Mysterious
2022
A Place Called Music
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The musical journey between Mexican Wixárika musician Daniel Medina and American composer Philip Glass.
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A Place Called Music
The Making of "Once Within a Time"
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A documentary about the production of Godfrey Reggio's "Once Within a Time".
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The Making of "Once Within a Time"
2008
Richard Serra: Man of Steel
0/0
Sculptor and giant of modern art Richard Serra discusses his extraordinary life and work. A creator of enormous, immediately identifiable steel sculp...
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Richard Serra: Man of Steel
1998
The Truman Show
8.145/18676
Every second of every day, from the moment he was born, for the last thirty years, Truman Burbank has been the unwitting star of the longest running,...
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The Truman Show
1974
Music with Roots in the Aether: Opera for Television by Robert Ashley
5.5/2
In 1975 the composer Robert Ashley embarked on an ambitious work titled Music With Roots in the Aether. He called it an Opera (or piece of theater dep...
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Music with Roots in the Aether: Opera for Television by Robert Ashley
2002
The Outsider: The Story of Harry Partch
0/0
A documentary about avant-garde composer Harry Partch.
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The Outsider: The Story of Harry Partch
2007
365 Day Project
10/1
This exhibition focuses on Jonas Mekas’ 365 Day Project, a succession of films and videos in calendar form. Every day as of January 1st, 2007 and for...
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365 Day Project
2005
Philip Glass: Looking Glass
0/0
This documentary captures the overflowing energy and activity of one today's greatest composers, Philip Glass, and allows us to follow him from New Yo...
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Philip Glass: Looking Glass
2008
Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell
6.294/17
Wild Combination is a visually absorbing portrait of the seminal avant-garde composer, singer-songwriter, cellist, and disco producer Arthur Russell....
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Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell
1975
What Maisie Knew
5/3
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...
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What Maisie Knew
2002
Essence of Life
7/1
Filmmaker Godfrey Reggio and composer Philip Glass talk about their 1982 film "Koyaanisqatsi."
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Essence of Life
2002
Impact of Progress
5.5/2
Filmmaker Godfrey Reggio and composer Philip Glass discuss their films "Powaqqatsi" (1988) and "Naqoyqatsi" (2002).
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Impact of Progress
1997
Perfect Moment
0/0
In this documentary, artist-filmmaker Nicholas Hondrogen asks people to describe memorable moments of their lives. Some, such as Norman Lear and India...
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Perfect Moment
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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In the Ocean
1986
Bye Bye Kipling
0/0
This ambitious live satellite link-up of Japan, Korea and the United States features interviews with Keith Haring and architect Arata Isozaki, and per...
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Bye Bye Kipling
2017
Trophy
7/17
This in-depth look into the powerhouse industries of big-game hunting, breeding and wildlife conservation in the U.S. and Africa unravels the complex...
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Trophy
2010
Music
0/0
The story of music and the music industry told through interviews with musicians, composers and producers across genres.
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Music
2005
Kiki and Herb Reloaded
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The outrageous drag-cabaret duo Kiki and Herb share their past, present and future as they tour the UK. A mixture of live performance and celebrity in...
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Kiki and Herb Reloaded
2017
The Last Dalai Lama?
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In his 1992 documentary "Compassion in Exile", filmmaker Mickey Lemle created a groundbreaking portrait of the 14th Dalai Lama. His new film takes a f...
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The Last Dalai Lama?
2006
The Harry Smith Project Live
0/0
Hal Willner's Harry Smith Project concerts in London, New York and Los Angeles celebrated the eccentric collector genius and his influential Anthology...
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The Harry Smith Project Live
1986
A Composer’s Notes: Philip Glass and the Making of an Opera
0/0
This documentary by Michael Blackwood looks at the development and production of Glass' opera Akhnaten. The film follows two productions by the Württe...
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A Composer’s Notes: Philip Glass and the Making of an Opera
2017
Uncle Howard
6.5/11
When Howard Brookner lost his life to AIDS in 1989, the 35-year-old director had completed two feature documentaries and was in post-production on his...
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Uncle Howard
1987
Robert Wilson and the Civil Wars
0/0
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...
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Robert Wilson and the Civil Wars
2011
Lucinda Childs' Dance
0/0
A documentary about the American postmodern dancer and choreographer Lucinda Childs. For Dance, a choreography from '79 set to the music of Philip Gl...
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Lucinda Childs' Dance
2012
Paul Simon: Under African Skies
7.2/15
Paul Simon returns to South Africa to explore the incredible journey of his historic Graceland album, including the political backlash he received for...
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Paul Simon: Under African Skies
2008
Making Mishima
0/0
In this archival documentary, cinematographer John Bailey, production designer Eiko Ishioka, and composer Philip Glass discuss the conception of Paul...
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Making Mishima
2021
War and the Weather
0/0
Artist Enid Baxter Ryce created an experimental documentary with a musical score by Philip Glass to portray, in moving images, the history of "atmosph...
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War and the Weather
2015
The Viking of Sixth Avenue
0/0
A documentary about the colorful life, times and music of a true original, Louis “Moondog” Hardin, an eccentric blind musician and composer who had fa...
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The Viking of Sixth Avenue
2003
Powaqqatsi: Impact of Progress
0/0
A short about the making of Powaqqatsi
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