Philip Glass: Looking Glass (2005): Cast

The documentary follows Philip Glass through a bustling week of rehearsals and travel, from New York to London, Paris, and Boston. He reflects on his early years, two intensive study years with Nadia Boulanger in Paris, and pivotal encounters with Ravi Shankar and director Robert Wilson. Viewers also see Glass fine‑tuning his opera The Sound of a Voice, directed by Robert Woodruff and conducted by Alan Johnson, while Éric Darmon’s lyrical camera captures the composer’s vibrant creative world.

• ÉD Director Éric Darmon

• PG Philip Glass as themselves

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