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| 537.1 | ???? | VAXWRK::STHILAIRE | gee, I don't know what to say | Mon May 02 1994 16:23 | 4 |
| Who is Glenn Gould?
Lorna
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| 537.2 | in a nutshell | 11770::WOOLNER | Your dinner is in the supermarket | Mon May 02 1994 17:04 | 9 |
| (It's who _was_ [the late] Glen Gould.)
Composer and pianist extraordinaire. He got so "into" it while playing
that on his recordings you can hear him muttering along with it...
I really want to see this movie. FWIW, Siskel and Ebert both raved
about it.
Leslie
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| 537.3 | | 29052::WSA038::SATTERFIELD | Close enough for jazz. | Mon May 02 1994 19:18 | 11 |
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Especially well known for his interpretations of Bach's keyboard works. His
Goldberg Variations have come to be a standard against which other recordings
are measured. Not everyone cares for Gould though, his humming can be pretty
distracting.
Randy
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| 537.4 | | 7361::RUZICH | Realtime Software Engineering | Tue May 03 1994 13:22 | 7 |
| Gould also did one film score - with Bach keyboard music (no surprise).
It's been a long time, so I could be wrong, but I think it was
Slaughterhouse Five, from Kurt Vonnegut's book. The music seemed very
appropriate for the film.
-Steve
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| 537.5 | One other... | 26523::BRANDENBERG | | Tue May 03 1994 18:28 | 9 |
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> It's been a long time, so I could be wrong, but I think it was
> Slaughterhouse Five, from Kurt Vonnegut's book. The music seemed very
> appropriate for the film.
I believe that's correct but his version of the 25th Goldberg variation
is also used in The Terminal Man. Very nice.
monty
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| 537.6 | See it. | NAC::DAVIDO::ofsevit | card-carrying member | Mon Jun 27 1994 16:27 | 13 |
| I got to see this film over the weekend. It got nearly a full house at the
West Newton (MA) Cinema, definitely not the usual multiplex-bubblegum
crowd.
It's been a long time since I saw such a true art film as this, mixing all
kinds of styles in black and white. The actor who plays Gould (I didn't
get the name, not a household name) is excellent. The "Gould interviews
Gould" segment was phenomenal. As one of the reviews (Time or Newsweek)
pointed out, it took a lot of guts to make a film about one of the most
famous and controversial pianists of our time and never show him sit down
to play.
David
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| 537.7 | | DSSDEV::RUST | | Wed Jul 13 1994 10:20 | 13 |
| Very enjoyable film (although the theater wasn't air conditioned, so
the frozen-north scenes were incredibly poignant, as sweaty movie-goers
gazed pitifully at the unreachable cool on the screen!). The actor's
name is Colm Feore, and he's primarily been a stage actor; some friends
of mine said they saw him play a wonderful (and very athletic) Pirate
King in "Pirates of Penzance," and then later the same day, play Cyrano
de Bergerac...
This role was much more restrained, of course, but I found the
portrayal delightful; seemed to sum up the "quirky genius" in as few
brushstrokes as possible.
-b
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| 537.8 | | NETRIX::michaud | Bach | Mon Mar 06 1995 14:02 | 10 |
| Well this is out on video now and I rented it last night.
While the format of the film was interesting and creative,
not knowing who Glenn Gould was beforehand, and not being
a major fan of classical music, I didn't get much out of it.
I now know who Glen Gould was, and a little bit about him,
but "little" is the key word. Probably a must-see however if
you are a Glenn Gould fan ........
ps: the current title on this topic is "32 short films on glenn gould".
the correct title is "32 Short Films About Glenn Gould" (ie. about, not on)
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