Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould

Name: Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould
Genre: Documentary
Released: September 10, 2010
Duration: 106 min
Rating: 72

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Lorber Films | Release Date: September 10, 2010

Summary: An enigmatic musical poet — and the most documented classical musician of the last century — world-renowned pianist Glenn Gould continues to captivate international audiences twenty-six years after his untimely death. Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould humanizes the legend, weaving together an unprecedented array of unseenAn enigmatic musical poet — and the most documented classical musician of the last century — world-renowned pianist Glenn Gould continues to captivate international audiences twenty-six years after his untimely death. Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould humanizes the legend, weaving together an unprecedented array of unseen footage, private home recordings and diaries, as well as compelling interviews with Gould’s most intimate friends and lovers — all exploring the incongruities between Gould’s private reality and his wider image.(Lorber Films)… Expand

Director: Michèle Hozer and Peter Raymont

Genre(s): Documentary

Runtime: 106 min

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Peter Rainer

It's an inescapable fact that Gould's singular musical insights – the way he brought out in Bach a mesmeric unity of sound – could only have arisen from a singular personality. Read full review

Kenneth Turan

What is most involving about Gould is the extraordinary way he played. Read full review

A.O. Scott

A tour de force of archival research and dogged interviewing, and the portrait it presents is remarkably complete. Read full review

Mark Jenkins

A fine overview, with enough new material to please Gould buffs. But the film fails to demonstrate that conventional biography is the best path to its subject's inner life. Read full review

Nick Pinkerton

Devotees will perhaps find something new in this deep pool of archival footage, and newcomers will get an appropriate introduction to the beguiling charisma of a most media-savvy isolationist. Read full review

Ben Sachs

Truly compelling, however, is the material about Gould's innovative studio recordings and radio documentaries. Read full review

Boxoffice Magazine Vadim Rizov

The film, despite its promise to excavate an inner life, wilts into banality whenever Gould's thorny paranoia and control issues come up. Read full review

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Lyn

May 30, 2011

For those who've been a little bit in love with the enigmatic Canadian ever since the movie "Thirty-Two Short Films About Glenn Gould," this is a nice addition. He speaks, he sings, he jokes, he poses, all the action taking place before the backdrop of his amazing musical performances. MostFor those who've been a little bit in love with the enigmatic Canadian ever since the movie "Thirty-Two Short Films About Glenn Gould," this is a nice addition. He speaks, he sings, he jokes, he poses, all the action taking place before the backdrop of his amazing musical performances. Most revealing are the interviews (including the "extras") with Cornelia Foss, the artist with whom he shared a passionate relationship for about five years. But the film skims over questions one has about his music -- WHY did he do the Goldberg variations so differently . . . and twice? Was he, or Leonard Bernstein, "right" in their musical dust-up? While appreciating the documentary approach, I sort of missed the whimsical tone of the earlier film. Somehow it expressed the heart of the man in such a lovely way, albeit with fewer facts & figures.… Expand

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