Swans: Where Does a Body End?
"Michael is not a fearless person, but he is a fearless artist."
7.8 / 10
161 minutes
2019-09-19
English
CA
Actors :
Michael Gira, Jarboe, Thurston Moore, Lee Ranaldo, Amanda Palmer, Devendra Banhart, Blixa Bargeld, J.G. Thirlwell, Jehnny Beth, Jim Sclavunos, Karen O, Kid Congo Powers, Ben Frost, Daniel Miller, Norman Westberg
Description
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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Reviews
SWITCH.
6/23/2021, 3:58:41 PM
A revealing profile of frontman Michael Gira and an honest and exhaustive look at the band, Marco Porsia's 'Swans: Where Does a Body End?' does the seemingly impossible by defining a musical collective that has been in a constant state of metamorphosis and reinvention ever since it was created. - Jake Watt Read Jake's full article... https://www.maketheswitch.com.au/article/review-swans-where...