Heart of a Dog
Tell all the animals was just one of the mysterious requests made by Laurie Anderson's mother on her deathbed. Heart of a Dog is an attempt to fulfill that request, a message of love to all beings. In Anderson's documentary essay, clearly inspired by the achievements of Chris Marker, our guide is the terrier Lolabelle, while death is the leading theme of this seemingly casual. On the surface, it is about the departure of Lolabelle, who recalls other departures, including personal and collective tragedies. Anderson recalls her mother, but also the attacks of September 11 or sudden infant death syndrome. She quotes Wittgenstein and the Tibetan Book of the Dead, walks us through Lolabelle's illness, who played music and made art as she neared death. Anderson also offers an unusually discrete homage to her deceased partner Lou Reed. This moving, personal and surprisingly light film seems to be part of a journal filled with notes from the margins. However, as we near the end, the film's original form and intentionally designed structure become apparent.
awards
Venice IFF 2015 – Lina Mangiacapre Award
Laurie Anderson
She is a New York artist, an underground celebrity whose work in the late 1970s and early 80s changed the face of cinema, music and visual art. She is a singer-songwriter, performer, author, composer, sculptor, multimedia artist and Buddhist. Her collaborators have included Philip glass, Ruichi Sakamoto, Brian Eno, John Zorn, as well as Lou Reed, who passed away in 2013 and was also her husband.
Selected filmography
1974 Dearreader: How to Turn a Book into a Movie
1986 Home of the Brave: A Film by Laurie Anderson
2005 Hidden Inside Mountains
2015 Serce psa / Heart of a Dog
