Swans: Where Does a Body End?
Marco Porsia2019-09-19
"Michael is not a fearless person, but he is a fearless artist."
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161 min
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?"
Cast
| Name | Character | Team | |
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Michael Gira | Self | Unowned |
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Jarboe | Self | Unowned |
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Thurston Moore | Self | Unowned |
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Lee Ranaldo | Self | Unowned |
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Amanda Palmer | Self | Unowned |
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Devendra Banhart | Self | Unowned |
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Blixa Bargeld | Self | Unowned |
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J.G. Thirlwell | Self | Unowned |
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Jehnny Beth | Self | Unowned |
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Jim Sclavunos | Self | Unowned |
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Karen O | Self | Unowned |
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Kid Congo Powers | Self | Unowned |
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Ben Frost | Self | Unowned |
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Daniel Miller | Self | Unowned |
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Norman Westberg | Self | Unowned |
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Cristoph Hahn | Self | Unowned |
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Thor Harris | Self | Unowned |
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Chris Pravdica | Self | Unowned |
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Phil Puelo | Self | Unowned |
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Paul Wallfisch | Self | Unowned |