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4/4 Roger Ebert Box office 1.568 million USD (USA) | 7.5/10 IMDb 89% Initial release 26 November 1993 (USA) Art director John Rubino | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Produced by Michael AllderNiv FichmanBarbara Willis SweeteLarry Weinstein Written by François GirardDon McKellar Starring Colm FeoreDerek KeurvorstKatya Ladan Release date September 14, 1993 (1993-09-14) (Toronto Festival of Festivals)November 26, 1993 (1993-11-26) (US) Awards Genie Award for Best Motion Picture Cast Colm Feore, Don McKellar, Derek Keurvorst, Katya Ladan, Devon Anderson Similar Pianist movies, Docudramas, Movies about music |
Thirty two short films about glenn gould 1993 extract
Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould is a 1993 Canadian film about the pianist Glenn Gould, played by Colm Feore. It was directed by François Girard, with a screenplay by Girard and Don McKellar.
Contents
- Thirty two short films about glenn gould 1993 extract
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- Soundtrack
- Awards and honors
- Segments
- References
The film does not present a single narrative, rather a series of thirty-one short films. These include documentaries (five interviews with people who knew him), re-creations of scenes from Gould's life, and various odd items (such as "Gould Meets McLaren", in which animated spheres reminiscent of those in Norman McLaren's animations move to Gould's music). The segments range in length from six minutes to less than one minute.
According to Girard: "As Gould was such a complex character, the biggest problem was to find a way to look at his work and deal with his visions. The film is built of fragments, each one trying to capture an aspect of Gould. There is no way of putting Gould in one box. The film gives the viewer 32 impressions of him. I didn't want to reduce him to one dimension."
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Soundtrack
The soundtrack consists almost entirely of piano recordings by Gould. A notable exception is the overture to Wagner's Tristan und Isolde. It includes pieces famously linked with him, such as Bach: The Goldberg Variations, and the Well-Tempered Clavier, as well as others which are less so.
Awards and honors
The film won four Genie Awards and Best Canadian Feature Film at the Toronto International Film Festival.
Segments
- Aria
- Lake Simcoe
- Forty-Five Seconds and a Chair
- Bruno Monsaingeon: musician and collaborator
- Gould Meets Gould: text by Glenn Gould
- Hamburg
- Variation in c minor
- Practice
- The L.A. Concert
- CD318
- Yehudi Menuhin: violinist
- Passion According to Gould
- Opus 1: a composition by Glenn Gould
- Crossed Paths
- Truck Stop
- The Idea of North: a radio documentary by Glenn Gould
- Solitude
- Questions with No Answers
- A Letter
- Gould Meets McLaren: animation by Norman McLaren
- The Tip
- Personal Ad
- Pills
- Margaret Pacsu: friend
- Diary of One Day
- Motel Wawa
- Forty-Nine
- Jessie Greig: cousin
- Leaving
- Voyager
- Aria
- End Credits