Heart of a Dog

Nominee
Golden Lion
Venice Film Festival
It's a home movie of a type, if one that, like a stone skipped across a still lake, leaves expanding rings in its path.
-- Manohla Dargis, New York Times

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Heart of a Dog

"Hello, little bonehead. I'll love you forever." So begins HEART OF A DOG, creative pioneer Laurie Anderson's wry, wondrous and unforgettable cinematic journey through love, death and language. Centering on Anderson's beloved rat terrier Lolabelle, who died in 2011, HEART OF A DOG is a personal essay that weaves together childhood memories, video diaries, philosophical musings on data collection, surveillance culture and the Buddhist conception of the afterlife, and heartfelt tributes to the artists, writers, musicians and thinkers who inspire her. Fusing her own witty, inquisitive narration with original violin compositions, hand-drawn animation, 8mm home movies and artwork culled from exhibitions past and present, Anderson creates a hypnotic, collage-like visual language out of the raw materials of her life and art, examining how stories are constructed and told — and how we use them to make sense of our lives.
Not Rated
Genre
Documentary
Runtime
75
Language
English
Director
Laurie Anderson
Awards:
Nominee, Golden Lion, Venice Film Festival
FEATURED REVIEW
Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal

Dog lovers of the world, relax. “Heart of a Dog” doesn’t quite make you cry—at least about dogs—even though Laurie Anderson’s entrancing reverie was prompted, in part, by the death of her beloved rat terrier, Lolabelle. In fact, Ms. Anderson notes, crying over the departed is forbidden by the ...

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