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    32 Short Films About Glenn Gould

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    1993     Musical drama    
    Canada/Netherlands/Portugal
    1h 38min
    Original lang: English, French

    The highly acclaimed and famously eccentric classical pianist Glenn Gould is the subject of this idiosyncratic film portrait. As the title suggests, Gould's life is explored through a series of thirty-two self-contained but interrelated vignettes, a structure inspired by Bach's "Goldberg Variations," the compositions that were the basis for one of Gould's most famous recordings. Fictional recreations, many starring an excellent Colm Feore as Gould, follow the musician from his precocious childhood to his early death at the age of fifty. Juicy biographical details like a surprising early retirement from public performance and an addiction to prescription drugs are featured prominently, but equal attention is paid to Gould's challenging theoretical ideas.

    Directed byFrançois Girard
    Written byFrançois Girard, Don McKellar
    CompanyTéléfilm CanadaTéléfilm CanadaTéléfilm Canada

    Starring

    Colm Feore
    Derek Keurvorst
    Don McKellar
    Carlo Rota
    Guy Thauvette
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