Swans: Where Does a Body End?
- Released on
- Runtime
- 161 mins
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?"
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
- Devendra Banhart
- Blixa Bargeld
- J.G. Thirlwell
- Jehnny Beth
- Jim Sclavunos
- Karen O
- Kid Congo Powers
- Ben Frost
- Daniel Miller
- Norman Westberg
- Cristoph Hahn
- Thor Harris
- Chris Pravdica
- Phil Puelo
- Paul Wallfisch
Director
- Marco Porsia
Producers
- Marco Porsia