John Zorn Movies

  • 1995
    Tears of Ecstasy

    Tears of Ecstasy

    Tears of Ecstasy

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    A conceptual pinku film by renowned experimental artist Hiroyuki Oki, which is conceived of 60 shots which all are 60 seconds long and represent an...

    Tears of Ecstasy
  • 1970
    Cynical Hysterie Hour

    Cynical Hysterie Hour

    Cynical Hysterie Hour

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    Four short films directed by Kubo Kiriko.

    Cynical Hysterie Hour
  • 1990
    Step Across the Border

    Step Across the Border

    Step Across the Border

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    An avant-garde documentary film on English guitarist, composer and improviser Fred Frith.

    Step Across the Border
  • 2002
    A Bookshelf on Top of the Sky: 12 Stories About John Zorn

    A Bookshelf on Top of the Sky: 12 Stories About John Zorn

    A Bookshelf on Top of the Sky: 12 Stories About John Zorn

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    A rare peek into the working methods of John Zorn. Filmed over a ten year period, this documentary includes live footage of Masada, Naked City,...

    A Bookshelf on Top of the Sky: 12 Stories About John Zorn
  • 1991
    The Golden Boat

    The Golden Boat

    The Golden Boat

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    Inspired in form by American police TV shows and soap operas, The Golden Boat is a madcap, surreal dash through the streets of New York city, telling...

    The Golden Boat
  • 2004
    Masada: Live at Tonic 1999

    Masada: Live at Tonic 1999

    Masada: Live at Tonic 1999

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    Filmed with an intimate three camera shoot by Antonio Ferrera, a close friend of John Zorn and a long time cameraman for the documentary masters the...

    Masada: Live at Tonic 1999
  • 2009
    Belle de Nature

    Belle de Nature

    Belle de Nature

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    The more the knots tighten around her body, the more Clara's imagination flies away. She finds herself naked at the edge of a forest. The grass...

    Belle de Nature
  • 1990
    Gotham

    Gotham

    Gotham

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    A film set to "Batman" by Naked City. Taking the band’s name and first album cover as a clue, Henry Hills drew heavily on themes in...

    Gotham
  • 1985
    Money

    Money

    Money

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    Money (1985) is an historical document of the early days of "language poetry" and the downtown improvised music scene. A manic collage film from the...

    Money
  • 2011
    Bare Room

    Bare Room

    Bare Room

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    B-movies, industrial films, TV commercials, home movies, animation, and softcore porn have been collected and reassembled into a fractured noir...

    Bare Room
  • 1999
    The eye

    The eye

    The eye

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    Short animation from Nicolas Brault

    The eye
  • 2009
    Kikoe

    Kikoe

    Kikoe

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    Experimental documentary about Japanese experimental musician Otomo Yoshihide. Includes interviews with multiple musicians, artists, and writers as...

    Kikoe
  • 2002
    Despite Treblinka

    Despite Treblinka

    Despite Treblinka

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    In 1942, nazi leaders met in Wansee to organize the final solution to the Jewish problem. The Warsaw guetto was first. Treblinka was created in a...

    Despite Treblinka
  • 1994
    Die Kunst des Erinnerns – Simon Wiesenthal

    Die Kunst des Erinnerns – Simon Wiesenthal

    Die Kunst des Erinnerns – Simon Wiesenthal

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    This film by Johanna Heer and Werner Schmiedel represents a homage to a man revered internationally as one of the great humanitarians of the 20th...

    Die Kunst des Erinnerns – Simon Wiesenthal
  • 2000
    Sabbath in Paradise

    Sabbath in Paradise

    Sabbath in Paradise

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    Documentary examining contemporary Jewish musical culture in New York's avant garde Jazz scene in the 1990s.

    Sabbath in Paradise
  • 2024
    Zorn III (2018 – 2022)

    Zorn III (2018 – 2022)

    Zorn III (2018 – 2022)

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    For 12 years now, Mathieu Amalric has been filming the stupendous New York saxophonist and composer John Zorn. Whirligig films that Zorn likes to...

    Zorn III (2018 – 2022)
  • 1995
    The Elegant Spanking

    The Elegant Spanking

    The Elegant Spanking

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    SM curio immaculately shot by Maria Beatty.

    The Elegant Spanking
  • 2011
    15 Scenes: 254 Shots

    15 Scenes: 254 Shots

    15 Scenes: 254 Shots

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    Iconic film moments juxtaposed with the ordinary. The methods to create the shots run from classic studio set-ups to shooting on location using...

    15 Scenes: 254 Shots
  • 2024
    Zorn I (2010 – 2016)

    Zorn I (2010 – 2016)

    Zorn I (2010 – 2016)

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    Mathieu Amalric’s film with John Zorn began as a European TV commission that was quickly abandoned in favor of something more intimate: an...

    Zorn I (2010 – 2016)
  • 2007
    Bhima Swarga: The Journey of the Soul from Hell to Heaven

    Bhima Swarga: The Journey of the Soul from Hell to Heaven

    Bhima Swarga: The Journey of the Soul from Hell to Heaven

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    Loosely based on a section of the great Indian Mahabharata epic, Mori's Bhima Swarga (The Heaven of Bhima) is a riveting audiovisual exercise that...

    Bhima Swarga: The Journey of the Soul from Hell to Heaven