Where Does a Body End?
Directed by Marco Porsia
2019Documentary123 minCanada
The story of Swans, from brutal 1980s New York post-punk through chaos and breakups to one of the most ambitious bands in the world.
Synopsis
WHERE DOES A BODY END? is an intimate portrait of the band SWANS, 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 goldrush, 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.
The director
Marco Porsia
Marco Porsia is a Rome-born, Toronto-based editor and filmmaker who has cut many prime-time series. A Swans fan since his teens, he spent five years embedded with the band for his first feature, Where Does a Body End?.
