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Binding: VHS Tape EAN: 9786303359588 Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC ISBN: 6303359582 Label: Sony Pictures Languages: Manufacturer: Sony Pictures Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Sony Pictures Release Date: January 28, 1998 Running Time: 94 minutes Studio: Sony Pictures Theatrical Release Date: November 26, 1993 Editorial Review: Amazon.com: François Girard originally conceived 32 Short Films About Glenn Gould as a biography to try to explain the bizarre genius of the master pianist who stopped touring in 1963 at the height of his success. The 32 parts play out key moments of Gould's life without stringing them together. They go from realistic (a scene in a Hamburg hotel in which Gould turns a maid on to the wonder of music) to nihilistic (a segment solely made up of the drugs Gould presumably took). Stratford actor Colm Feore is quite good as the slyly introverted, soft-spoken figure, although this film is more of an examination of loneliness than of music. The key question is, Does this docudrama enlighten us better than a straightforward documentary on Gould would? Probably not. --Doug Thomas Average Rating:
 Rating:  - When will this film be reissued on DVD?This is a great film. Well, that's the review over with! Does anybody know when this film will be reissued on DVD? Rating: - Brilliant Eccentric Glenn Gould - Bach Piano MasterTo dismiss Glenn Gould as a neurotic or eccentric is quite missing the point. While he was these things, he was also much more. Gould was likely one of the finest interpreters of J.S. Bach on the piano in the last 50 years. His musical output is mammoth and his technical skill almost unsurpassed. Gould is a fascinating character. Having difficulty with personal relationships, Gould left his sizable fortune to his cats. Leaving this earth too early, Gould's legacy is still felt in the musical world ... Read More Rating:  - Clever!I like any documentary that tells its story in an unusual way. I'm tired of the standard, endless structure of most biographical documentaries: "He was born here, in this year, to these people, grew up learning this and doing that, here's an unusual twist, then passed away/went insane/disappeared/still struggling/making a comeback ..." Of course, I was not familiar with Glenn Gould prior to watching it and so didn't have the "actor doesn't look like him" problem. It's definitely slow in many places, ... Read More Rating: - Eccentric Biopic For An Idiosyncratic PerformerPerhaps you are a Gould devotee or perhaps one with little patience for his many oddities or the cult-ish devotion showered upon his legacy. For either case this biopic tastefully illuminates some of his major obsessions and choices: the decision to stop performing in public, his self-important opinions on the role of the artist in society, his delirious love of music and the sharing of it... This amalgam of short vignettes sidesteps the many trappings of cinematic film bios. Gould ... Read More Rating: - A different kind of biopic: the Gould variationsUsually most films with biographies of famous people have mostly the same structure: born, struggle, die - but this movie is different. It is obviously based on the Goldberg Variations, or, in this case, the GOULD variations. We see 32 different aspects of Gould's life: from his obsessions with medication to the way he was fascinated with conversations in a diner - that led to his audio documentaries. It is interesting, different storytelling. One of my favorite biopics! |
