HEART OF A DOG’s director, Laurie Anderson, and Jake Perlin, a coproducer of the film, discuss the making of the film and its link to past works by Anderson, including the films HOME OF THE BRAVE and HIDDEN INSIDE MOUNTAINS, the theatrical piece “Delusion,” and others. The conversation was recorded at Anderson's studio in New York City in 2016.
In the following deleted scene from HEART OF A DOG, director Laurie Anderson describes some secret wall paintings that illustrate Buddhist concepts of time.
In the following deleted scene from HEART OF A DOG, director Laurie Anderson tells the story of a nun who makes a pilgrimage wearing a bag on her head.
On January 4, 2016, Laurie Anderson performed her “Concert for Dogs” in New York City’s Times Square, in honor of 9/11 first responders’ dogs. The music was transmitted to audience members through headphones and to the dogs via low-decibel speakers, while footage from HEART OF A DOG played on vid...
