Movies: Tom Waits

The epic life of a world-class artist, jammed into six minutes....

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A compilation of professional footage and fan films to reconstruct an entire Tom Waits concert from his "Glitter and Doom Tour" of 2008....

Having gone to Samarkand in search of traces of colonial culture, of which there were quite a few left there, having carefully photographed them, we suddenly discovered that it was not the dead buildings that were much more interesting, but the livin...

Black and White Night 30 is a re-imagined, re-edited, remastered and expanded version of the original television special. Re-edited by Roy's youngest son Alex Orbison, the program has been restored to reflect the correct set order as the audience who...

Inspired by the German folktale, Wilhelm, a file clerk, falls in love with a huntsman's daughter. In order to marry, Wilhelm must prove his worth as a hunter and gain her father's approval. Naive and desperate, he makes a deal with a devil named Pegl...

.It's almost 40 years since Tom Waits' debut record, and during a career that, for most fans, has quite simply gotten better, more exciting and more challenging with each new release, he is surely the only performer and writer from the rock age to be...

Short documentary film on the great and powerful Tom Waits, including clips from live performances and interviews....

After prophesying the end of humanity, a reclusive conspiracy theorist receives a troubling call into his radio show....

"Lounge Lizard" John Lurie — actor, performer, and musician — talks about love and life and gives a gentle insight into modern time's hipster attitudes....

Tom Waits, the brothers Quay, and a dog door....

Taped in 1978, Waits and his band of Herbert Hardesty, Arthur Richardson, John Thomassie and Greg Cohen were in Austin to support the release of Blue Valentine. We get a first-hand look as Waits transforms from more jazz-based compositions to bluesy ...

Short vignettes explore different facets of human behavior and social issues....

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Singer/songwriter extraordinaire Tom Waits has become an American musical institution over the last few decades. His audience continues to grow, more artists cover his songs and he has risen from the basement filled with 'eccentric artists' to hugely...

Dedicated to all who have risked climbing, and to those who have fallen by choice, circumstance or by accident. Mixing of original, found, and appropriated footage....

From a Charles Bukowski poem...

Nicolas is a young man just released from jail. He spends his first day of freedom watching and hesitating, in a community care centre, in a hotel room. Loneliness....

Tom Waits performs at Theatre le Palace in Paris, France. It was recorded for French television and broadcast on the program "Palace One" in 1980....