Philip Glass: Taxi Driver

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Philip Glass: Taxi Driver

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27 minutes

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Nov 4, 2015

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Musician Philip Glass revisits his parallel lives in 1970s New York - as a taxi driver and an emerging composer in Manhattan's arts scene.

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Nov 4, 2015

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