#846: ANDERSON, Laurie: Heart Of A Dog (2015)

ANDERSON, Laurie (United States)
Heart Of A Dog [2015]
Spine #846
Blu-ray


Heart of a Dog marks the first feature film in thirty years by multimedia artist Laurie Anderson. A cinematic tone poem that flows from a sustained meditation on death and other forms of absence, the film seamlessly weaves together thoughts on Tibetan Buddhism, reincarnation, the modern surveillance state, and the artistic lives of dogs, with an elegy for the filmmaker's beloved rat terrier, Lolabelle, at its heart. Narrated by Anderson with her characteristic wry wit, and featuring a plaintive, free-form score by the filmmaker, the tender and provocative Heart of a Dog continues Anderson's four-and-a-half-decade career of imbuing the everyday with a sense of dreamlike wonder.

75 minutes
Color
5.1 Surround
1:78:1 aspect ratio
Criterion Release 2016
Director/Writer


Laurie Anderson was 68 when she wrote and directed Heart of a Dog.

The Film

A

Film Rating (0-60):

60

The Extras

The Booklet

Twelve-page wraparound featuring an essay by film critic Glenn Kenny.

Commentary

None.

Conversation

Between director Anderson and coproducer Jake Perlin.

Footage

Of Anderson’s 2016 Concert for Dogs.

Deleted scenes

Lolabelle’s video Christmas card

Trailer

Extras Rating (0-40):

39

60 + 39 =

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