Swans: Where Does a Body End?
2019 • Documentary | Music
Marco Porsia
Director
Status
Released
Release date
September 19, 2019
Duration
161 Min
Language
en
Popularity
2.986
Budget
$48,817
Revenue
$0
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?"
Cast
Michael Gira
Jarboe
Thurston Moore
Lee Ranaldo
Amanda Palmer
Blixa Bargeld
J.G. Thirlwell
Jehnny Beth
Karen O
Daniel Miller
Norman Westberg