{"id":34734,"date":"2020-08-05T12:15:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-05T16:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=34734"},"modified":"2020-08-03T17:18:34","modified_gmt":"2020-08-03T21:18:34","slug":"swans-where-does-a-body-end-doc-coming-to-dvd-and-blu-ray","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=34734","title":{"rendered":"SWANS \u2018Where Does A Body End?\u2019 doc coming to DVD and Blu-ray"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>SWANS \u2018Where Does A Body End?\u2019 is coming to DVD, Blu-ray, and Deluxe Blu-ray\u00a0on September 11th. You can pre-order it <a href=\"http:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=001BG5OhUCaPCKnzeCcF3PJhn7MNEOkM16ZBxxKoaRAynrjjRKE3KgFrLsM6e8qqHRPJExbOOXHIQWPciZbzOrA1VrjodfAi5id4reGMmzEoCgzZP8aLSY-XknafnJ8gmYd5RHdwx7MbuS_W505j1Q4Xy8RP1Aq201kvwroiXWi3J8t5xdjwgBMZpExO5IkS9P43KyhO1gxNoiN8Yz8wyvoe2WM5fH8wdkqe1a_hJnHyUx0l7KOI5U7_lTBwMgXKGBe_IC-jiQ6hZ6iT3ccjukG6RoGaJXY1PWGXlcHZsRKfkA=&amp;c=5PyeIdF3Wrq62_VktsjfoJ1UvJI2Cmy5O44k-YGF5yfNVwXvB6EnzA==&amp;ch=tc2J3upTWbR0PGSn9212u8zGm-qbsgbz5spuCV5H3GARa2LPfeMmKA==\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>&#8220;There really is no other force of music like Swans. Swans stand alone, integral, drenched in pathos. A band to end all bands.&#8221;<\/em>\u00a0&#8211; Thurston Moore<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2018Where Does a Body End?\u2019\u00a0is an intimate portrait of the band\u00a0SWANS, from their roots as a brutal, confrontational post-punk band that emerged from the same early 1980s era NYC that gave us Sonic Youth (and, somehow, Madonna) through their ill-fated bid at mainstream success in the 90s indie-rock gold rush, through breakups and chaos (on and offstage) 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 back through their most popular songs.\u00a0Watch the trailer via Vimeo below. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Where Does A Body End? - Official Trailer\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/324870530?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>SWANS\u00a0has always been a collection of singular performers, but there&#8217;s been one constant since its formation in 1982&#8211;singer, songwriter\u00a0Michael Gira. With unfettered access to hundreds of hours of\u00a0Gira\u00a0\/\u00a0SWANS\u00a0archives of never-seen-before recordings, videos, and photographs, the film brings us along the path they needed to carve for themselves. The film is many things, a musical history, a time-capsule, a tour diary, a concert film, but mostly it&#8217;s the story of a life in the arts, frequently difficult, spanning decades without a safety net, creating the work because Gira says &#8220;<em>What else am I going to do?&#8221;<\/em> As bandmate Thor Harris notes, &#8220;<em>Michael is not a fearless person, but he is a fearless artist.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2018Where Does A Body End?\u2019 has seen festival success around the world from Chicago Underground Film Festival,\u00a0Doc N Roll Festival (London and several other UK cities),\u00a0Cinemateket Music Film Festival (Copenhagen),\u00a0In: Edit Festival (Barcelona),\u00a0Taoyuan Film Festival (Taiwan), Pop Kultur (Berlin), Sydney Underground Film Festival, Dok Station Film Festival (Bucharest),\u00a0LUFF Lausanne Underground Film Festival (Switzerland)\u00a0and many others.\u00a0<br><br><strong>SWANS<\/strong>:<br>Michael Gira, Jarboe, Norman Westberg, Kristof Hahn, Thor Harris, Paul Wallfisch, Chris Pravdica, Phil Puleo, Bill Rieflin, Algis Kizys, Clinton Steele, Larry Mullins, Bill Bronson, Jonathan Kane, Vinny Signorelli<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Cast includes<\/strong>:<br>Thurston Moore (Sonic Youth), Lee Ranaldo (Sonic Youth), Jehnny Beth (Savages), JG Thirlwell (Foetus), Blixa Bargeld (Einst\u00fcrzende Neubauten), Karen O (Yeah Yeah Yeahs), Kid Congo Powers (The Cramps \/ The Gun Club), Jim Sclavunos (The Bad Seeds), Daniel Miller (Mute Records), Steve Von Till (Neurosis), Dana Schechter (Angels Of Light), Devendra Banhart, Anna Von Hausswolff, Amanda Palmer, Ben Frost, Martin Bisi<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"759\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/B864FDB3-0313-4F28-9D58-E11C33B905F8-759x1024.jpeg?resize=759%2C1024\" alt=\"SWANS Where Does A Body End? Poster\" class=\"wp-image-34736\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/B864FDB3-0313-4F28-9D58-E11C33B905F8.jpeg?resize=759%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 759w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/B864FDB3-0313-4F28-9D58-E11C33B905F8.jpeg?resize=222%2C300&amp;ssl=1 222w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/B864FDB3-0313-4F28-9D58-E11C33B905F8.jpeg?resize=768%2C1036&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/B864FDB3-0313-4F28-9D58-E11C33B905F8.jpeg?resize=1139%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1139w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/B864FDB3-0313-4F28-9D58-E11C33B905F8.jpeg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 759px) 100vw, 759px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out our review of the film <a href=\"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/film-review-where-does-a-body-end\/\">here<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>SWANS \u2018Where Does A Body End?\u2019 is coming to DVD, Blu-ray, and Deluxe Blu-ray\u00a0on September 11th. 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