Swans: Where Does a Body End?
7.7
2019
2 hr 41 min
Documentary
, Music
From their roots as a brutal, confrontational industrial band, through breakups and chaos, to their odds-defying current status as one of the most accomplished and ambitious bands in the world, one whose concerts are more like ecstatic rituals than nostalgic trips. SWANS has always been a collection of singular performers, but there's been one constant since its formation in 1982--singer, songwriter Michael Gira. 'Where Does a Body End?' is a SWANS documentary with unfettered access to hundreds of hours of Gira/SWANS archives of never-seen-before recordings, videos, and photographs. An unfiltered story of a life in the arts, frequent difficulty spanning decades without a safety net, creating work because Gira says "What else am I going to do?"
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- Cast：
- Michael Gira , Jarboe , Thurston Moore , Lee Ranaldo , Amanda Palmer , Blixa Bargeld , J.G. Thirlwell
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Reviews
Excellent but underrated film
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It's hard to see any effort in the film. There's no comedy to speak of, no real drama and, worst of all.
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It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.
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The acting in this movie is really good.
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