Movie Cosmos - Swans: Where Does a Body End?

Description:

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?"

Top Cast >

Michael Gira

As Self

Jarboe

As Self

Thurston Moore

As Self

Lee Ranaldo

As Self

Amanda Palmer

As Self

Devendra Banhart

As Self

Blixa Bargeld

As Self

J.G. Thirlwell

As Self

Jehnny Beth

As Self

Jim Sclavunos

As Self

Karen O

As Self

Kid Congo Powers

As Self

Ben Frost

As Self

Daniel Miller

As Self

Norman Westberg

As Self

Kristof Hahn

As Self

Thor Harris

As Self

Chris Pravdica

As Self

Phil Puelo

As Self

Paul Wallfisch

As Self

Top Crew >

Marco Porsia

Story Editor, Director, Director of Photography, Editor, Producer

Michael Wabro

Sound Mixer, Co-Producer

Rodney Ascher

Story Editor, Executive Producer, Co-Producer

Christian Storms

Director of Photography

Marco Bresba

Story Editor

Pedro Orrego

Story Editor

David Hyde

Story Editor

Simon Mattock

Co-Producer

Nick Rosendorf

Co-Producer

Reviews:

SWITCH. (8/10)

A revealing profile of frontman Michael Gira and an honest and exhaustive look at the band, Marco Porsia's 'Swans: Where Does a Body End?' does the seemingly impossible by defining a musical collective that has been in a constant state of metamorphosis and reinvention ever since it was created.