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By Robert Abele (1,309) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 05 Nov 2015

Heart of a Dog is that rarest of pieces, an unabashedly experimental work that's as inviting as a visit with an old friend, one who may not…

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By James Adams (62) for Globe and Mail (2,419) on 30 Oct 2015

The wide swerve of Anderson’s associations, their “hypnotic splattered mist,” don’t make for an easy film…

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By Chris Knight (998) for National Post (1,405) on 29 Oct 2015

Laurie Anderson has crafted an experimental film that at first seems like it's going to be a paean to her dearly departed rat terrier…

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By Joe Morgenstern (2,395) for Wall Street Journal (3,071) on 29 Oct 2015

It’s film as a fugue state, a Buddhist flow, a collection of memory fragments that drift together into a haunting evocation of Lola’s and…

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By John Esther (94) for UR Chicago Magazine (83) on 22 Oct 2015

The documentary glides on with few lulls, even if one does squint during its brief moments of silliness…

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By Melissa Anderson (387) for Artforum (101) on 22 Oct 2015

A testament to Anderson's magnanimity, Heart of a Dog salutes not only those who gave her the greatest happiness but also those who long ago…

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By Nora Lee Mandel (401) for Film-Forward.com (768) on 22 Oct 2015

[After] her cute canine entry point. . .and Intro to Buddhism…

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By Peter Rainer (2,575) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 22 Oct 2015

Anderson works in animation and home movies (Lolabelle “playing” the piano is a wonder), and Anderson’s voice-over narration is closer…

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By Ella Taylor (978) for NPR (1,713) on 21 Oct 2015

It flows along, mimicking the continuous, fleeting, fragmentary flow of consciousness, the haze that lies between sleeping and waking, even…

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By Mike D'angelo (730) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 20 Oct 2015

Given the number of films nowadays that would be just as enjoyable with both sound and picture turned off, a superlative soundtrack is nothing…

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By Farran Smith Nehme (295) for New York Post (6,650) on 20 Oct 2015

Laurie Anderson's delicate essay film weaves together observations about her beloved rat terrier, Lolabelle, as well as post-9/11 life and,…

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By Brian Tallerico (1,600) for RogerEbert.com (5,563) on 20 Oct 2015

There are times when Anderson’s Buddhist leanings can be a bit overwhelming, and the piece ends a bit too abruptly for my tastes, although…

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By Stephen Whitty (1,794) for Newark Star-Ledger (1,745) on 20 Oct 2015

When it comes to death, facts are beside the point. Sometimes all you need to see are bare trees. Or a wintry landscape…

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By David Edelstein (2,124) for New York Magazine (Vulture) (3,519) on 20 Oct 2015

Anderson says that as a child she dreamed of making something that had never been made before, and, with the help of some gifted artists and…

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By Nick Schager (2,294) for Village Voice (8,525) on 19 Oct 2015

Her documentary sporadically locates profound truth amid its myriad musings about the momentous and the everyday…

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By Manohla Dargis (1,909) for The New York Times (9,847) on 19 Oct 2015

Heart of a Dog is about telling and remembering and forgetting, and how we put together the fragments that make up our lives — their flotsam…

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By Joshua Rothkopf (1,058) for Time Out (7,510) on 19 Oct 2015

In combining video, surveillance footage and her own 8mm family memories, Heart of a Dog quickly accesses a realm of ideas that vault it far…

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By Clayton Dillard (209) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 18 Oct 2015

Laurie Anderson condenses contemporary, human experience to the point where exterior and interior are made indistinguishable from one another…

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By Eric Kohn (1,203) for Indiewire (3,631) on 15 Sep 2015

Haunting and celebratory at once, Heart of a Dog ultimately amounts to a contemplation of mortality…

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By Justin Chang (1,535) for Variety (12,700) on 15 Sep 2015

While this alternately goofy, serious, lyrical and beguiling cine-essay serves primarily as a loving tribute to the memory of Anderson’s…

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