John Zorn Movies

  • 2005
    Workingman's Death

    Workingman's Death

    Workingman's Death

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    Is heavy manual labour disappearing or is it just becoming invisible? Where can we still find it in the 21st century? Workingman's Death follows the...

    Workingman's Death
  • 1997
    Latin Boys Go to Hell

    Latin Boys Go to Hell

    Latin Boys Go to Hell

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    A cute, openly gay latin boy's hormones go into overdrive when his hunky cousin Angel arrives for an extended stay. The two explore the young and...

    Latin Boys Go to Hell
  • 2007
    365 Day Project

    365 Day Project

    365 Day Project

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    This exhibition focuses on Jonas Mekas’ 365 Day Project, a succession of films and videos in calendar form. Every day as of January 1st, 2007...

    365 Day Project
  • 2002
    A Bookshelf on Top of the Sky: 12 Stories About John Zorn

    A Bookshelf on Top of the Sky: 12 Stories About John Zorn

    A Bookshelf on Top of the Sky: 12 Stories About John Zorn

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    A rare peek into the working methods of John Zorn. Filmed over a ten year period, this documentary includes live footage of Masada, Naked City,...

    A Bookshelf on Top of the Sky: 12 Stories About John Zorn
  • 2007
    Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis

    Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis

    Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis

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    In this entrancing documentary on performance artist, photographer and underground filmmaker Jack Smith, photographs and rare clips of Smith's...

    Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis
  • 1990
    Step Across the Border

    Step Across the Border

    Step Across the Border

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    An avant-garde documentary film on English guitarist, composer and improviser Fred Frith.

    Step Across the Border
  • 2002
    Secret Lives: Hidden Children and Their Rescuers During WWII

    Secret Lives: Hidden Children and Their Rescuers During WWII

    Secret Lives: Hidden Children and Their Rescuers During WWII

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    Through interviews we meet some of the people who risked their lives to hide Jewish children during World War II and how this experience has...

    Secret Lives: Hidden Children and Their Rescuers During WWII
  • 1993
    Maohgai

    Maohgai

    Maohgai

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    Kishi is a 37-year-old personnel officer and fairly happy with work, wife and child. But he turns out to be susceptible to a more exciting life....

    Maohgai
  • 2005
    Invitation to a Suicide

    Invitation to a Suicide

    Invitation to a Suicide

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    Raised in an insular Polish immigrant neighborhood in Brooklyn where he's destined to become a poor baker like his father, Kaz Malek attempts to...

    Invitation to a Suicide
  • 2002
    In the Mirror of Maya Deren

    In the Mirror of Maya Deren

    In the Mirror of Maya Deren

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    Documentary about the life of avant-garde filmmaker Maya Deren, who led the independent film movement of the 1940s.

    In the Mirror of Maya Deren
  • 1987
    She Must Be Seeing Things

    She Must Be Seeing Things

    She Must Be Seeing Things

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    Agatha is an international lawyer, Jo a filmmaker. The two women are lovers. While Jo is on the road showing her films, Agatha discovers and reads...

    She Must Be Seeing Things
  • 2009
    Astronome: A Night at the Opera (A Disturbing Initiation)

    Astronome: A Night at the Opera (A Disturbing Initiation)

    Astronome: A Night at the Opera (A Disturbing Initiation)

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    An opera by John Zorn and Richard Foreman

    Astronome: A Night at the Opera (A Disturbing Initiation)
  • 1993
    Thieves Quartet

    Thieves Quartet

    Thieves Quartet

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    Art gathers the ex-prisoners Jimmy and Mike with his girlfriend Jessica and presents a plan for kidnapping the daughter of a millionaire. The plan...

    Thieves Quartet
  • 1998
    The Port of Last Resort

    The Port of Last Resort

    The Port of Last Resort

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    Documentary that follows the lives of several Jewish refugees who fled to Shanghai during WWII.

    The Port of Last Resort
  • 1995
    The Elegant Spanking

    The Elegant Spanking

    The Elegant Spanking

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    SM curio immaculately shot by Maria Beatty.

    The Elegant Spanking
  • 2022
    Zorn III (2018 – 2022)

    Zorn III (2018 – 2022)

    Zorn III (2018 – 2022)

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    For 12 years now, Mathieu Amalric has been filming the stupendous New York saxophonist and composer John Zorn. Whirligig films that Zorn likes to...

    Zorn III (2018 – 2022)
  • 1993
    The Revenge of the Dead Indians

    The Revenge of the Dead Indians

    The Revenge of the Dead Indians

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    This is a full-length documentary honoring the life and work of American composer and artist John Cage. Cage is considered one of the most...

    The Revenge of the Dead Indians
  • 1986
    White and Lazy

    White and Lazy

    White and Lazy

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    Short movie.

    White and Lazy
  • 1990
    Gotham

    Gotham

    Gotham

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    A film set to "Batman" by Naked City. Taking the band’s name and first album cover as a clue, Henry Hills drew heavily on themes in...

    Gotham
  • 1988
    Put More Blood Into the Music

    Put More Blood Into the Music

    Put More Blood Into the Music

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    PBS produced documentary in two parts: the first is dedicated to saxophonist and composer John Zorn; the second is about Sonic Youth at the height of...

    Put More Blood Into the Music