Laurie Anderson Movies

  • 1990
    John Cage: I Have Nothing to Say and I Am Saying It

    John Cage: I Have Nothing to Say and I Am Saying It

    John Cage: I Have Nothing to Say and I Am Saying It

    01990HD

    This 56-minute documentary on America's most controversial and unique composer manages to cover a great many aspects of Cage's work and thought. His...

    John Cage: I Have Nothing to Say and I Am Saying It
  • 2012
    BAM150

    BAM150

    BAM150

    02012HD

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

    BAM150
  • 2008
    A Not So Silent Night

    A Not So Silent Night

    A Not So Silent Night

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    Recorded in 2008, direct from the Knitting Factory stage in downtown Manhattan. This The McGarrigle Christmas Hour features Kate & Anna McGarrigle,...

    A Not So Silent Night
  • 2010
    Homeland: The Story of the Lark

    Homeland: The Story of the Lark

    Homeland: The Story of the Lark

    02010HD

    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
  • 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
  • 1990
    One World, One Voice

    One World, One Voice

    One World, One Voice

    01990HD

    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
  • 2007
    Why Birds Sing

    Why Birds Sing

    Why Birds Sing

    02007HD

    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
  • 1986
    The World beyond the World

    The World beyond the World

    The World beyond the World

    01986HD

    '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
  • 1991
    Carmen

    Carmen

    Carmen

    01991HD

    Anderson’s Carmen, who works in a tobacco factory, is as strong-willed and carefree as the original (she steals cigarettes off the assembly...

    Carmen
  • 1983
    Set and Reset

    Set and Reset

    Set and Reset

    01983HD

    Premiere performance of Set and Reset at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, New York, USA, 21 October 1983

    Set and Reset
  • 1991
    The Human Face

    The Human Face

    The Human Face

    01991HD

    A highly innovative arts documentary, which uses the latest special effects, to investigate the cultural and scientific background behind the way we...

    The Human Face
  • 1989
    Talk Normal

    Talk Normal

    Talk Normal

    01989HD

    At the '87 Tokyo International Video Biennale, held at Spiral Hall, performance artist Laurie Anderson gave the unforgettable lecture-demonstration,...

    Talk Normal
  • 1993
    The Sensual Nature of Sound: 4 Composers Laurie Anderson, Tania Leon, Meredith Monk, Pauline Oliveros

    The Sensual Nature of Sound: 4 Composers Laurie Anderson, Tania Leon, Meredith Monk, Pauline Oliveros

    The Sensual Nature of Sound: 4 Composers Laurie Anderson, Tania Leon, Meredith Monk, Pauline Oliveros

    01993HD

    The Sensual Nature of Sound portrays four New York based composers and performers in terms of their musical lives and artistic passion. Though Laurie...

    The Sensual Nature of Sound: 4 Composers Laurie Anderson, Tania Leon, Meredith Monk, Pauline Oliveros
  • 1981
    14 Americans: Directions of the 1970s

    14 Americans: Directions of the 1970s

    14 Americans: Directions of the 1970s

    01981HD

    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
  • 1991
    Sphinxes Without Secrets

    Sphinxes Without Secrets

    Sphinxes Without Secrets

    01991HD

    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
  • 1986
    The Kitchen Presents: Two Moon July

    The Kitchen Presents: Two Moon July

    The Kitchen Presents: Two Moon July

    01986HD

    Two Moon July was a multidisciplinary event that featured experimental video, film, visual art, performance and music in a theatrical framework. More...

    The Kitchen Presents: Two Moon July