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Swans: Where Does a Body End?
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Swans: Where Does a Body End?

Sep 19, 2019
2h 41m
★ 7.9

"Michael is not a fearless person, but he is a fearless artist."

Overview

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?"

Genres

Documentary
Music

Production Companies

Eyelight Films

Swans: Where Does a Body End? Trailers

Cast

Michael Gira

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Michael Gira

Jarboe

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Jarboe

Thurston Moore

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Thurston Moore

Lee Ranaldo

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Lee Ranaldo

Amanda Palmer

Self

Amanda Palmer

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Self

Devendra Banhart

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Self

Blixa Bargeld

J.G. Thirlwell

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J.G. Thirlwell

Jehnny Beth

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Jehnny Beth

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Jim Sclavunos

Karen O

Self

Karen O

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Kid Congo Powers

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