Peter Sellars Movies
- 1987
King Lear
King Lear6.11987HD
A descendant of Shakespeare tries to restore his plays in a world rebuilding itself after the Chernobyl catastrophe obliterates most of human...
- 1987
Happy New Year
Happy New Year5.51987HD
Small time crooksters Nick and Charlie have an elaborate plan to rob an exclusive jewelers store. Using a variety of disguises and posing as rich old...
- 1991
The Cabinet of Dr. Ramirez
The Cabinet of Dr. Ramirez4.81991HD
Featuring music instead of any dialogue and set in a near Kafkaesque future, this loose remake of The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari follows a bureaucrat...
- 1992
Letter to Peter, on Saint François d'Assise by Olivier Messiaen
Letter to Peter, on Saint François d'Assise by Olivier Messiaen01992HD
In 1992, Olivier Messiaen's epic opera "Saint François d'Assise" was brought to the Salzburg Festival in a staging by Peter Sellars. The...
- 2015
Erbarme dich - Matthäus Passion Stories
Erbarme dich - Matthäus Passion Stories02015HD
Erbarme dich - Matthäus Passion Stories is a labyrinthine narrative in which notables such as Peter Sellars, Emio Greco, Simon Halsey and...
- 2019
Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am
Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am7.52019HD
This artful and intimate meditation on the legendary storyteller examines her life, her works, and the powerful themes she has confronted throughout...
- 2002
Foreigners Out! Schlingensief's Container
Foreigners Out! Schlingensief's Container6.62002HD
FOREIGNERS OUT! SCHLINGENSIEFS CONTAINER is a thrilling, insightful, funny chronicle and reflection of one of he biggest public pranks and acts of...
- 1970
DAU. Cinema
DAU. Cinema51970HD
An ongoing experiment, evolving from a biopic about Soviet physicist Lev Landau into a large scale project – part cinematic cycle, part...
- 2003
Alice Waters and Her Delicious Revolution
Alice Waters and Her Delicious Revolution02003HD
Every great cook secretly believes in the power of food. Alice Waters just believes this more than anybody else. She is certain that we are what we...
- 1993
The Seven Deadly Sins
The Seven Deadly Sins01993HD
- 2018
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde02018HD
Motivated by the love that bound him to Mathilda Wesendonck, Richard Wagner’s composition of Tristan und Isolde goes far beyond any simple...
- 1994
It Is Now Our Time: Peter Sellars’ The Merchant of Venice
It Is Now Our Time: Peter Sellars’ The Merchant of Venice01994HD
A BBC documentary about a pre-rehearsal workshop held in New York prior to the Goodman Theater’s 1994 production of The Merchant of Venice,...
- 2004
The Tristan Project
The Tristan Project02004HD
A four-hour plus video production inspired by Richard Wagner's oeuvre "Tristan und Isolde" and projected during the opera premiere in Paris, in...
- 1990
Le nozze di Figaro
Le nozze di Figaro01990HD
In this modern-day presentation of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's beloved opera "Le Nozze di Figaro," acclaimed American director Peter Sellars moves the...
- 2008
Adams: Doctor Atomic
Adams: Doctor Atomic02008HD
John Adams’s mesmerizing score, in the powerful production of Penny Woolcock, tells the story of one of the pivotal moments in human...
- 2012
Purcell: The Indian Queen
Purcell: The Indian Queen92012HD
A superb adaptation of Purcell's the Indian Queen, staged and directed by Peter Sellars and performed in 2013 at the Teatro Real in Madrid. Peters...
- 2020
Jedermann auf der Weltbühne – 100 Jahre Salzburger Festspiele
Jedermann auf der Weltbühne – 100 Jahre Salzburger Festspiele02020HD
- 1991
Don Giovanni
Don Giovanni71991HD
This production was originally staged for the Pepsico Summerfare Festival, The International Performing Arts Festival of the State University of New...
- 1990
Destination Mozart: A Night at the Opera with Peter Sellars
Destination Mozart: A Night at the Opera with Peter Sellars01990HD
This special program gives viewers a revealing look at Sellar's controversial productions of Mozart's Don Giovanni, Marriage of Figaro and Cosi Fan...
- 2014
Bach: St. John Passion
Bach: St. John Passion02014HD
Johann Sebastian Bach’s St John Passion with the Berliner Philharmoniker and Sir Simon Rattle was one of the outstanding events of the past...