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Apparition of the Eternal Church (2006)
54 min | Documentary

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Apparition of the Eternal Church (2006)

54 min | Documentary

The movie captures the responses of 31 authors, musicians, filmmakers and dancers to Olivier Messiaen's monumental organ work "Apparition of the Eternal Church." Listening to the 10-minute piece through headphones, the documentary ...See moreThe movie captures the responses of 31 authors, musicians, filmmakers and dancers to Olivier Messiaen's monumental organ work "Apparition of the Eternal Church." Listening to the 10-minute piece through headphones, the documentary subjects-most of whom are outsiders to the church and do not know what they're hearing-put Messiaen's project to the test: Is it possible to portray, through time-bound, invisible sound, the spiritual, the architectural, the eternal? The result is a collective interpretation improvising its way through an aesthetic landscape defined by violent contradictions. Resolution abuts eternity, eroticism asceticism, spiritual ecstasy physical torture. Together, the music and its interpreters conjure something like what William Blake famously called the marriage of heaven and hell. Written by Paul Festa See less

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30 cast members

Name	Known for
Nancy Kathryn Anderson Self - Documentary subject Self - Documentary subject See fewer	Great Performances (1971)
Jackie Beat Self - Documentary subject (as Kent Fuher) Self - Documentary subject (as Kent Fuher) See fewer	Flawless (1999)
Dan Becker Self - Documentary subject Self - Documentary subject See fewer	One Tree Hill (2003)
Alexandra Beller Self - Documentary subject Self - Documentary subject See fewer	Romance & Cigarettes (2005)
Harold Bloom Self Self See fewer	Even Though the Whole World Is Burning (2014)
Mx Justin Vivian Bond Self - Kiki (as Justin Bond) Self - Kiki (as Justin Bond) See fewer	Shortbus (2006)
Angela Warnick Buchdahl Self - Documentary subject (as Rabbi Angela Buchdahl) Self - Documentary subject (as Rabbi Angela Buchdahl) See fewer	Colleyville (2024)
Shanti Carson Self - Documentary subject Self - Documentary subject See fewer	Shortbus (2006)
Eisa Davis Self - Documentary subject Self - Documentary subject See fewer	Mare of Easttown (2021)
Sandi Simcha Dubowski Self - Documentary subject Self - Documentary subject See fewer	Trembling Before G-d (2001)
Manoel Felciano Self - Documentary subject Self - Documentary subject See fewer	Life on Mars (2008)
Richard Felciano Self - Documentary subject Self - Documentary subject See fewer	Apparition of the Eternal Church (2006)
Albert Fuller Self - Documentary subject Self - Documentary subject See fewer	Apparition of the Eternal Church (2006)
Ron Gallman Self - Documentary subject Self - Documentary subject See fewer	Apparition of the Eternal Church (2006)
Marga Gómez Self - Documentary subject Self - Documentary subject See fewer	Sphere (1998)
Ricky Ian Gordon Self - Documentary subject Self - Documentary subject See fewer	Great Performances (1971)
Ilan Greenberg Self Self See fewer	Untitled Serbian Jewel Thief Project
Daniel Handler Self - Documentary subject Self - Documentary subject See fewer	A Series of Unfortunate Events (2017)
Karen Hartman Self - Documentary subject Self - Documentary subject See fewer	Apparition of the Eternal Church (2006)
Jasper James Self - Documentary subject Self - Documentary subject See fewer	Shortbus (2006)
Wayne Koestenbaum Self - Documentary subject Self - Documentary subject See fewer	Daugherty: Jackie O (2009)
Ana Matronic Self - Documentary subject Self - Documentary subject See fewer	Layer Cake (2004)
John Cameron Mitchell Self - Documentary subject Self - Documentary subject See fewer	Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001)
Elizabeth Povinelli Self - Documentary subject Self - Documentary subject See fewer	When the Dogs Talked (2014)
Tony Quintana Self - Documentary subject (as Squeaky Blonde) Self - Documentary subject (as Squeaky Blonde) See fewer	3 Stories About Evil (2008)
John Rogers Self - Documentary subject Self - Documentary subject See fewer	Boneyard (2024)
Tex Sage Self - Documentary subject Self - Documentary subject See fewer	Apparition of the Eternal Church (2006)
Sarah Sanford Self - Documentary subject Self - Documentary subject See fewer	Leaving Moonbeam (2000)
Ned Stresen-Reuter Self - Documentary subject Self - Documentary subject See fewer	Shortbus (2006)
Michael Warner Self - Documentary subject Self - Documentary subject See fewer	Apparition of the Eternal Church (2006)