J.G. Thirlwell
Also Known As: JG Thirlwell, Jim Thirlwell, James George Thirlwell, Clint Ruin, Frank Want
Biography: James George Thirlwell – also known as J.G. Thirlwell, Clint Ruin, Frank Want, and Foetus, among other names, is an Australian singer, composer, and record producer. He is known for juxtaposing a variety of different musical styles.
Department: Sound
Place of Birth: Melbourne, Australia
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Do You Love Me Like I Love You (Part 1: From Her to Eternity)
Overview: A short film to accompany the reissue of Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds album From Her to Eternity (originally released in 1984). The result is a determinedly human portrait of the unique body of work produced by the band over the last 25 years, told through those who have lived and loved the music, including close collaborators.
Genres: Music Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-04-27
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Do You Love Me Like I Love You (Part 2: The Firstborn is Dead)
Overview: A short film to accompany the reissue of Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds album The Firstborn is Dead (originally released in 1985). The result is a determinedly human portrait of the unique body of work produced by the band over the last 25 years, told through those who have lived and loved the music, including close collaborators.
Genres: Music Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-04-27
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Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt
Overview: Follows the story of the groundbreaking Texas-based art-punk band founded by frontman Gibby Haynes and guitarist Paul Leary.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2025-03-08
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Don't Bring A Dog
Overview: Don't Bring A Dog shows a part of the New York underground music scene - rooted in the early eighties - existing apart from MTV and billboard charts. Music, interviews, sounds and pictures of the city blend into a collage. Don't Bring A Dog works like a time capsule of people and music in NY at a particular moment
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-01-01
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Submit to Me
Overview: Cinema of Transgression pioneers and participants (Lydia Lunch, Lung Leg, Nick Zedd, etc.) perform a series of acts as they submit to director Richard Kern's camera. Originally created for DTNY acid parties; Submit to Me was eventually edited down to 10 minutes and given an accompanying score.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-01-01
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Submit to Me Now
Overview: Oddballs dancing, leering at camera, guy shaving a nontraditional part of his body and man ripping his own throat out, woman stabbing herself to death.
Genres: Horror Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-01-01
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Overview: A live recording of Foetus' November 1990 performance in Manhattan's CBGB nightclub. It was released on VHS originally, and later onto DVD. It was also released as an album.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-01-01
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The Hardcore Collection
Overview: This DVD features 13 provocative short films by Richard Kern. Color & B&W film shorts with Lydia Lunch, Henry Rollins and more. Includes Death Valley 69 , The Right Side Of My Brain, You Killed Me First, The Bitches, The Sewing Circle, X is Y, Fingered, Horoscope, Submit to Me Now, My Nightmare, Manhattan Loves Suicides, Submit to Me, and Evil Cameraman. Music from Sonic Youth, Cop Shoot Cop, J.G. Thirwell, Butthole Surfers.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-02-21
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Scala!!!
Overview: This feature-length big screen documentary tells the riotous inside story of the infamous sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll repertory cinema which inspired a generation during Britain's turbulent Thatcher years.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-01-05
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The Sound of Progress
Overview: This documentary shows the mindset of the some of the most original and influential artists of the experimental scene (Coil, Current 93, Foetus, Test Dept.). An unprecedented insight into the workings, the methods and the ideas that made these names legendary. Filmed in Hamburg, Amsterdam and London, 1985-1987.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-01-01
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NYC Foetus
Overview: A documentary about composer/producer/performer JG Thirlwell and his musical alter-egos, including Foetus, Steroid Maximus and Manorexia. Featuring interviews with Thirlwell, Matt Johnson (The The), Alex Hacke (Neubauten), Michael Gira (Swans), Richard Kern, Lydia Lunch and more.
Genres: Music Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-05-15
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Swans: Where Does a Body End?
Overview: From their roots as a brutal, confrontational industrial band, through breakups and chaos, to their odds-defying current status as one of the most accomplished and ambitious bands in the world, one whose concerts are more like ecstatic rituals than nostalgic trips. SWANS has always been a collection of singular performers, but there's been one constant since its formation in 1982--singer, songwriter Michael Gira. 'Where Does a Body End?' is a SWANS documentary with unfettered access to hundreds of hours of Gira/SWANS archives of never-seen-before recordings, videos, and photographs. An unfiltered story of a life in the arts, frequent difficulty spanning decades without a safety net, creating work because Gira says "What else am I going to do?"
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-09-19
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Blank City
Overview: In the years before Ronald Reagan took office, Manhattan was in ruins. But true art has never come from comfort, and it was precisely those dire circumstances that inspired artists like Jim Jarmusch, Lizzy Borden, and Amos Poe to produce some of their best works. Taking their cues from punk rock and new wave music, these young maverick filmmakers confronted viewers with a stark reality that stood in powerful contrast to the escapist product being churned out by Hollywood.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-04-06
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The Right Side of My Brain
Overview: Lydia Lunch and Richard Kern's first collaborative effort, The Right Side of My Brain, is a glimpse into the world of unsatiable female lust, narrated by Lydia Lunch. The film was initially dismissed and dismayed by critics such as J. Hoberman, but the criticism of The Right Side of My Brain received only pushed the two to go one step further with Fingered (1986).
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-04-09
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Kill Your Idols
Overview: A 2004 documentary on thirty years of alternative rock 'n roll in NYC.Documenting the history from the genuine authenticity of No Wave to the current generation of would be icons and true innovators seeing to represent New York City in the 21st century
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-04-08
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Kill Your Idols: More.
Overview: A full-length feature documentary produced in 2006 which serves as a companion piece to and is included on the DVD of the 2004 film KILL YOUR IDOLS.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-08-11
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D.I.Y. or Die: How to Survive as an Independent Artist
Overview: This documentary features interviews with Ian MacKaye (Fugazi), J Mascis (Dinosaur jr.), John John Jesse (Demonic Erotic painter), Jim Rose (Jim Rose Sideshow), Jim Thirwell (Foetus), Lydia Lunch, Mike Watt (Minutemen), Richard Kern (Filmmaker), Ron Ashet
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-01-01
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What You Could Not Visualise
Overview: Rema-Rema were a short-lived and resounding shooting star in the London post-punk scene of the late 1970s. But, how can you make a documentary about this legendary band when their career only lasted a few months, they only released one album (albeit on 4AD, no less) and all live footage of the band has disappeared?
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Original Language: en
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