Laurie Anderson Movies

  • 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
  • 1986
    What You Mean We?

    What You Mean We?

    What You Mean We?

    61986HD

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

    What You Mean We?
  • 1987
    Swimming to Cambodia

    Swimming to Cambodia

    Swimming to Cambodia

    6.81987HD

    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
  • 1983
    System Without Shadow

    System Without Shadow

    System Without Shadow

    6.81983HD

    Computer operator Faber works on securing computers for big companies and banks. His private life is rather dull until he meets a strange women,...

    System Without Shadow
  • 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
  • 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
  • 2011
    Brainwave

    Brainwave

    Brainwave

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    Documentary, Science and Nature Documentaries, Miscellaneous Documentaries - Launched in 2008, Brainwave pairs celebrities from many walks of life;...

    Brainwave
  • 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
  • 1983
    No York City

    No York City

    No York City

    71983HD

    Impressions of New York City. Experimental short.

    No York City
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1992
    Monster in a Box

    Monster in a Box

    Monster in a Box

    6.21992HD

    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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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