

Swans: Where Does a Body End?
"Michael is not a fearless person, but he is a fearless artist."
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?"
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $48.8K
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- Language
- English
- swan
- rock music
- post-rock
- music documentary
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Canada
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United StatesUS
- PremiereChicago Underground Film Festival7 Jul 2019
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical19 Sept 2019
BrazilBR
- PremiereIn-Edit Brasil14 Sept 2020
FinlandFI
- PremiereNight Visions International Film Festival22 Nov 2019
GermanyDE
- Theatrical9 Jan 2020
IrelandIE
- Theatrical19 Sept 2019
PortugalPT
- PremiereIndieLisboa Film Festival3 May 2019
RussiaRU
- PremiereBeat Film Festival12 Aug 2020
SwitzerlandCH
- PremiereLausanne Underground Film & Music Festival19 Oct 2019
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Swans: Where Does a Body End? was released on 19 September 2019.
Audience reviews
1- S8/10
SWITCH.
7/22/2020
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. - Jake Watt Read Jake's full article... https://www.maketheswitch.com.au/article/review-swans-where-does-a-body-end-an-…
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