John Zorn Movies

  • 2005
    Invitation to a Suicide

    Invitation to a Suicide

    Invitation to a Suicide

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    Raised in an insular Polish immigrant neighborhood in Brooklyn where he's destined to become a poor baker like his father, Kaz Malek attempts to...

    Invitation to a Suicide
  • 2007
    365 Day Project

    365 Day Project

    365 Day Project

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    This exhibition focuses on Jonas Mekas’ 365 Day Project, a succession of films and videos in calendar form. Every day as of January 1st, 2007...

    365 Day Project
  • 2017
    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)
  • 2011
    Well Then There Now

    Well Then There Now

    Well Then There Now

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    An unfaithful interpretation of John Zorn’s early 80’s film script, “A Treatment For A Film in 15 Scenes”. I consider...

    Well Then There Now
  • 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
  • 2010
    Arcana

    Arcana

    Arcana

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    A globally composed, musically arranged montage-round: so Henry Hills’s arcana appears to be, a fulminant 30-minute cut-up epic that takes...

    Arcana
  • 2009
    Schmatta: Rags to Riches to Rags

    Schmatta: Rags to Riches to Rags

    Schmatta: Rags to Riches to Rags

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    "Schmatta: Rags to Riches to Rags" brings to life the vibrant, unexpected history of the Garment District, which for many years was the heart and...

    Schmatta: Rags to Riches to Rags
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1994
    Little Lieutenant

    Little Lieutenant

    Little Lieutenant

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    Little Lieutenant is a look back at the late Weimar era with its struggles and celebrations leading up to world war, a period piece. Scored to John...

    Little Lieutenant
  • 2022
    John Zorn: The Hermetic Organ Volume 10 - Bozar, Brussels

    John Zorn: The Hermetic Organ Volume 10 - Bozar, Brussels

    John Zorn: The Hermetic Organ Volume 10 - Bozar, Brussels

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    Part of a CD+DVD set released by Tzadik. Recorded at the powerful organ at Henry LeBoeuf Hall, Bozar in Brussels, this is one of Zorn’s most...

    John Zorn: The Hermetic Organ Volume 10 - Bozar, Brussels
  • 1993
    The Revenge of the Dead Indians

    The Revenge of the Dead Indians

    The Revenge of the Dead Indians

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    This is a full-length documentary honoring the life and work of American composer and artist John Cage. Cage is considered one of the most...

    The Revenge of the Dead Indians
  • 1985
    Rising Tones Cross

    Rising Tones Cross

    Rising Tones Cross

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    This film is a documentary composition of new jazz, New York as the city that generates it, and the musicians playing it. The thoughts of the...

    Rising Tones Cross
  • 1993
    Thieves Quartet

    Thieves Quartet

    Thieves Quartet

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    Art gathers the ex-prisoners Jimmy and Mike with his girlfriend Jessica and presents a plan for kidnapping the daughter of a millionaire. The plan...

    Thieves Quartet
  • 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
  • 2020
    Generació Kibbutz

    Generació Kibbutz

    Generació Kibbutz

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    Generació Kibbutz
  • 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
  • 1997
    Mechanics Of The Brain

    Mechanics Of The Brain

    Mechanics Of The Brain

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    MECHANICS OF THE BRAIN is an experimental film in the form of a scientific documentary. A "remake" of the documentary film of the same name by...

    Mechanics Of The Brain
  • 2014
    La ronde

    La ronde

    La ronde

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    A job like any other, for those who get up, go to bed, and collect their money.

    La ronde
  • 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