Thirty two short films about Glenn Gould (DVD) / Rhombus Media presents ; director, François Girard ; producer, Niv Fichman ; screenplay, François Girard, Don McKellar ; produced by Rhomas Media, Inc. ; with the participation of Telefilm Canada, Ontario Film Development Corporation ; in association with Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Société Radio-Canada, NOS Television, RTP Portugal, OY Yleisradio AB (YLE), The National Film Board of Canada, Glenn Gould Limited.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1993. Special features: Theatrical trailer, talent files on François Girard and Colm Feore. Colm Feore, Derek Keurvorst, Katya Ladan, Devon Anderson, Joshua Greenblatt, Sean Ryan, Don McKellar, Ian D. Clark.
Contents:
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.
Summary:
Thirty-two vignettes, spanning pianist Glenn Gould's life from age four until his death at fifty, give an impressionistic depiction of his life.
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