Basic
Info
Title:
Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould
Genre:
Drama
Country:
Canada
Language:
English, French
Running
time: 98 minutes
Release
date: September 7, 1993 (Venice), September 14,
1993 (Toronto)
Staff
Director:
François Girard
Producer:
Michael Allder, Niv Fichman, Barbara Willis Sweete, Larry
Weinstein
Written
by: François Girard, Don McKellar
Music:
Glenn Gould
Cinematography:
Alain Dostie
Edited
by: Gaétan Huot
Cast
Colm Feore as Glenn Gould
Derek Keurvorst as Gould's Father
Katya Ladan as Gould's Mother
Summary
“Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould” is a 1993 biographical anthology film produced in Canada about the pianist Glenn Gould, played by Colm Feore. Directed by François Girard with a screenplay by Don McKellar, the film is presented as not one narrative, but a series of 31 short films (the 32nd segment is End Credits).
The segments include documentaries, consisting of interviews with individuals who actually knew real Gould and reenactments of episodes in Gould's life. The twentieth segment, "Gould Meets McLaren" uses animated “spheres” from filmography of Norman McLaren, a Canadian animator, director and producer. The film received positive reviews and won four Genie Awards, including Best Motion Picture.
Glenn Gould was a Canadian pianist, who was born on September 25, 1932 and died on October 4, 1982, and one of the most famous classical pianists of the 20th century. He was particularly famous as an interpreter of Johann Sebastian Bach's keyboard works.
Glenn Gould
Gould rejected most of the standard Romantic piano music by Chopin, Liszt, and others, and preferred music of Bach and Beethoven, along with some late-Romantic and modernist composers. Gould was also known for his eccentricities, from his unorthodox musical interpretations to aspects of lifestyle and behavior. He was also a writer, broadcaster, composer and conductor, and stopped concerts at the age of 31 to concentrate on studio recording and other projects.
Movie
Review
“Spellbinding...a treat
for the eyes and ears”
“Classic for those who
don't understand classical”
“Magic is created when the
art of film making and the music of Glenn Gould come together”
“The genius of Glenn
Gould”
“Visual and auditory
pleasure”
“Gould & Bach: best of
both!”
“Beautiful Presentation of
a Curious Life”
Interesting
stories about the film
1. Rhombus Media was founded in 1979
with the goal of making a film about pianist Glenn Gould, who was still alive
at the time. Producer Niv Fichman explained, "He was our greatest hero. So
we thought we had to make a few short films before making one about him."
After Gould's death in 1982, director François Girard revived Fichman's plan
and mentioned the idea of making Gould's biopic in 1990.
2. Director Girard said, “Because
Gould was a very complex character, the biggest problem was to find a way to
look at his work and deal with his visions. The film is made up of segments,
with each one trying to capture an aspect of Gould. There was no way to put
Gould in one box. This film gives the viewer 32 impressions of him. I didn't
want to reduce him to one dimension."
3. Actor Colm Feore, who played
Gould's role, watched Gould's available videos and listened to his recordings
for his role. He also read through 6,000 letters written by Gould.
4. Girard and McKellar re-employed
some of the crew members of this film, including cinematographer Alain Dostie
and editor Gaétan Huot, for their next film, "The Red Violin (1998)."
"The Red Violin" (1998) poster
5. The TV series “The Simpsons”
gave homage to the film with the title of the episode "22 Short Films
About Springfield", which aired on 14 April 1996.
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