Thurston Moore Movies

  • 2004
    (This Is Known as) The Blues Scale

    (This Is Known as) The Blues Scale

    (This Is Known as) The Blues Scale

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    While planning the eventual DVD release for "1991: The Year Punk Broke", Dave Markey cut a 40-minute film out of unused footage to create a companion...

    (This Is Known as) The Blues Scale
  • 2016
    Cassette: A Documentary Mixtape

    Cassette: A Documentary Mixtape

    Cassette: A Documentary Mixtape

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    Cassette inventor Lou Ottens digs through his past to figure out why the audiotape won't die. Rock veterans join a legion of young bands releasing...

    Cassette: A Documentary Mixtape
  • 2019
    Lydia Lunch: The War Is Never Over

    Lydia Lunch: The War Is Never Over

    Lydia Lunch: The War Is Never Over

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    The first career-spanning documentary retrospective of Lydia Lunch's confrontational, acerbic and always electric artistry. As New York City's...

    Lydia Lunch: The War Is Never Over
  • 1991
    Rap Damage

    Rap Damage

    Rap Damage

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    Thurston on a bender. Shot one day during a break on the Ragged Glory Tour. Hip Hopped-up NYC roadie Maurice Menares plays the psychotic...

    Rap Damage
  • 2007
    Welcome to My Castle!

    Welcome to My Castle!

    Welcome to My Castle!

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    Over 5 hours of full-length interviews with Nirvana, Tommy Chong, Sonic Youth, Pierre Elliot Trudeau, Ron Jeremy, and many more. Includes videos of...

    Welcome to My Castle!
  • 2013
    I'm Now: The Story of Mudhoney

    I'm Now: The Story of Mudhoney

    I'm Now: The Story of Mudhoney

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    This documentary tells the story of Mudhoney from their very beginnings, to following them on their recent world tour and everything in between....

    I'm Now: The Story of Mudhoney
  • 2007
    You're Gonna Miss Me: A Film About Roky Erickson

    You're Gonna Miss Me: A Film About Roky Erickson

    You're Gonna Miss Me: A Film About Roky Erickson

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    Documentary about rock pioneer Roky Erickson, detailing his rise as a psychedelic hero, his lengthy institutionalization, his descent into poverty...

    You're Gonna Miss Me: A Film About Roky Erickson
  • 2004
    Kill Your Idols

    Kill Your Idols

    Kill Your Idols

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    A 2004 documentary on thirty years of alternative rock 'n roll in NYC.Documenting the history from the genuine authenticity of No Wave to the current...

    Kill Your Idols
  • 1993
    Grunge Pedal

    Grunge Pedal

    Grunge Pedal

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    Starring Vehicle for Free Kitten. Kim Gordon, Julie Cafritz, & Mark Ibold lounge on suburban lawns, jamming a guitar effects box & Japanese beat...

    Grunge Pedal
  • 2021
    Fire Music

    Fire Music

    Fire Music

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    Although the free jazz movement of the 1960s and '70s was much maligned in some jazz circles, its pioneers - brilliant talents like Ornette Coleman,...

    Fire Music
  • 1991
    Skeeno H.C. Rules

    Skeeno H.C. Rules

    Skeeno H.C. Rules

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    Sonic Youth play hockey arena w/ Neil Young in Reno, Nevada. Ten years earlier 7 Seconds recorded the earnest hardcore classic "Skins, Brains, &...

    Skeeno H.C. Rules
  • 1988
    Lou Believers

    Lou Believers

    Lou Believers

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    Thurston Moore, Kim Gordon, and Lou Reed roam the streets of Los Angeles searching for James Woods.

    Lou Believers
  • 2017
    Teenage Superstars

    Teenage Superstars

    Teenage Superstars

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    Grant McPhee's sequel to Big Gold Dream picks up where the previous film left off, and continues its thrilling tour of the pre-Britpop, Scottish...

    Teenage Superstars
  • 2003
    Sonic Youth: Live at Soundstage

    Sonic Youth: Live at Soundstage

    Sonic Youth: Live at Soundstage

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    Quintessential alternative rockers, Sonic Youth, celebrate free-form experimentalism while reinforcing their performance-art driven tradition in this...

    Sonic Youth: Live at Soundstage
  • 2023
    Louder Than You Think

    Louder Than You Think

    Louder Than You Think

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    Gary Young, drummer for indie-rock icons Pavement, injected a wild-card unpredictability into the band's breakthrough, lo-fi sound. But those same...

    Louder Than You Think
  • 2006
    Cut Shorts

    Cut Shorts

    Cut Shorts

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    A collection of short films and music videos from independent filmmaker David Markey, from 1974 to 2004.

    Cut Shorts
  • 2020
    Thick Air

    Thick Air

    Thick Air

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    An experimental music ensemble is recording an album. They want a very specific sound: the sound of thick air. The sound engineer struggles to...

    Thick Air
  • 1988
    Put More Blood Into the Music

    Put More Blood Into the Music

    Put More Blood Into the Music

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    PBS produced documentary in two parts: the first is dedicated to saxophonist and composer John Zorn; the second is about Sonic Youth at the height of...

    Put More Blood Into the Music
  • 2014
    It's Not Repetition, It's Discipline

    It's Not Repetition, It's Discipline

    It's Not Repetition, It's Discipline

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    Dandelion Records and DVD's present Probably the nearest you will ever get to an official documentary on Mark E Smith and The Fall. Put together over...

    It's Not Repetition, It's Discipline
  • 2006
    Noise

    Noise

    Noise

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    Footage from 2005’s Festival Art Rock in Saint-Brieuc, France, featuring Metric, Sonic Youth, Jeanne Balibar, and other acts.

    Noise