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Heart of a Dog is Laurie Anderson’s memoir in the form of a fantastical documentary film.

The dog in question is the late Lolabelle, a rat terrier adopted by Ms. Anderson and her late husband, Lou Reed, who died in 2013. As did Lolabelle.

While serving as a tribute to Anderson's Rat Terrier Lolabelle, who died in , the film includes musings on storytelling and memories of the.

Heart of a Dog is a American documentary film directed by visual artist and composer Laurie Anderson.

The artist on curating the Brighton festival, Lou Reed, her new film and what her pet terrier taught her about growing old.

That dog is Lolabelle, a rat terrier that Anderson and Reed adopted years ago.

In , Reed and his wife, avant-garde composer and musician Laurie Anderson, decided to put on a concert aimed at dogs.

The artist dedicated the film to Reed’s memory.

Since the documentary’s September premiere at the Venice Film Festival, Lolabelle has become the Benji of the independent film world—a star. Ms. Anderson hit the red carpets at the Telluride, Toronto and New York film festivals, and the movie is now playing at Film Forum (through November 3).

If a dog’s life wasn’t bad with Ms. Anderson, a dog’s afterlife seems pretty good, too.

The artist and musician’s studio is on the far western reaches of Canal Street. In the documentary, we see the exteriors of the neighborhood—bleak building facades, empty streets—through the lens of surveillance cameras after the 9/11 attack as Ms.

Anderson fled New York with Lolabelle for a calmer place.

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