Zen Violence Films Movies

  • 2018
    The Passion of Scrooge

    The Passion of Scrooge

    The Passion of Scrooge

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    Is this a film about Scrooge? About a composer’s life? An opera within an opera? The Passion of Scrooge blurs these lines between performance, documen...

    The Passion of Scrooge
  • 2017
    Samuel Barber: Absolute Beauty

    Samuel Barber: Absolute Beauty

    Samuel Barber: Absolute Beauty

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    Known for his mournful "Adagio for Strings," Samuel Barber was never quite fashionable. This acclaimed film is a probing exploration of his music and...

    Samuel Barber: Absolute Beauty
  • 2017
    Quartet for the End of Time

    Quartet for the End of Time

    Quartet for the End of Time

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    A music documentary about Olivier Messiaen's transcendent masterpiece, that he composed in a World War II prison camp, and debuted there on January 15...

    Quartet for the End of Time
  • 2015
    Sitka: A Piano Documentary

    Sitka: A Piano Documentary

    Sitka: A Piano Documentary

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    The Phillips Collection in Washington, D.C. has been presenting concerts alongside its paintings since 1941. Some of the world's leading pianists have...

    Sitka: A Piano Documentary
  • 2020
    Facing West

    Facing West

    Facing West

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    A cinematic setting of poems by Walt Whitman that span his whole life's work, commemorating his bicentennial year. Features the poet's Long Island nat...

    Facing West
  • 2024
    Shadow Axe

    Shadow Axe

    Shadow Axe

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    The electric guitar has been the most iconic instrument of musical inspiration and social change for almost one hundred years. Today, Yaron Deutsch is...

    Shadow Axe
  • 2023
    Panorama

    Panorama

    Panorama

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    A musician's journey through the urban landscapes of New York City, collecting postcards of her Italian identity, diaspora, origin and destination

    Panorama
  • 2020
    György Ligeti: Poème Symphonique For 100 Metronomes

    György Ligeti: Poème Symphonique For 100 Metronomes

    György Ligeti: Poème Symphonique For 100 Metronomes

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    Video documentation of György Ligeti’s "Poème symphonique for 100 metronomes," presented by the 21st Century Consort on December 22, 2020 in Washingto...

    György Ligeti: Poème Symphonique For 100 Metronomes