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'Heart of a Dog' is a confounding, transfixing m茅lange

( Unrated ) ( Monitor Movie Guide )

'Heart' is directed by Laurie Anderson and centers on her late, beloved rat terrier, Lolabelle. The film is really a meditation on death and the ways in which we come to terms with it. 

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Laurie Anderson's new movie is about her dog, Lolabelle (pictured).
  • By Peter Rainer Film critic

Laurie Anderson, the great performance artist, musician, storyteller, video memoirist 鈥� the list goes on 鈥� has made a one-of-a-kind movie, 鈥淗eart of a Dog,鈥� that centers on her late, beloved rat terrier, Lolabelle. Lest this sound coy or cutesy, rest assured results are never that. The film is really a meditation on death and the ways in which we come to terms with it. (Anderson鈥檚 husband, Lou Reed, and her mother both died within a few years of Lolabelle.)

Anderson works in animation and home movies (Lolabelle 鈥減laying鈥� the piano is a wonder), and Anderson鈥檚 voice-over narration is closer in quality to song than to spoken word. It鈥檚 a confounding, transfixing m茅lange. Grade: A- (This film is not rated.)

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