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Where Does a Body End?

Where Does a Body End?

2019Movie⏱️ 2h 41mPG-13
Documentary
7.7
IMDB Rating
436 votes

The worldview of Michael Gira, through his life as a globetrotter and his four decades leading Swans, a group that he founded in the noisy and iconoclastic New York underground of the early '80s and that keeps reinventing itself t...

Director
Marco Porsia
Writers
Rodney Ascher, Marco Bresba, David Hyde
Stars
Devendra Banhart, Blixa Bargeld, Jehnny Beth
Release Date
September 19, 2019
Language
English
Country
Canada
🏆 1
Wins
💬 2
Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

👤
Devendra Banhart
as Self
Blixa Bargeld
Blixa Bargeld
as Self
Jehnny Beth
Jehnny Beth
as Self
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Michael Gira
as Self
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Jarboe
as Self
Thurston Moore
Thurston Moore
as Self
Amanda Palmer
Amanda Palmer
as Self
Lee Ranaldo
Lee Ranaldo
as Self
Jim Sclavunos
Jim Sclavunos
as Self
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J.G. Thirlwell
as Self

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.78 : 1
Color
Color
Filming Location
USA
Production
Eyelight Films

🏷️ Keywords

undergroundband

🎯 Categories

Documentary

⭐ Featured Review

Doesn't quite reach its potential, but nevertheless a fantastic film for fans
by sapoodle2020-11-15
8/10

"This is a wonderful document of the band Swans, particularly for fans of the band. Unfortunately, with the source material available, it could have been so much more, which is slightly disappointing. The band have a magnificent story, one of overcoming failure after failure, not to mention constantly reinventing themselves even while staying true to the elements of their sound that made them unique in the first place. I think the biggest problem here lies in the film's editing: snippets of songs play for an annoyingly short time in between interviews, Michael Gira's childhood is stra..."

📖 Synopsis

The worldview of Michael Gira, through his life as a globetrotter and his four decades leading Swans, a group that he founded in the noisy and iconoclastic New York underground of the early '80s and that keeps reinventing itself t...