'Round Midnight
1986
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| Warner Bros. | Release Date: October 3, 1986 |
Summary:
A troubled, but talented musician flees the US to escape his problems, finding refuge and support in Paris.
Genre(s):
Drama, Music
Runtime:
133 min
Bertrand Tavernier's 'Round Midnight is a superlative elegy, a bluesy, melancholy movie dedicated to expatriate jazzmen Bud Powell and Lester Young. It captures the essence of their music, moving with the smokey, meandering rhythms of bebop. [03 Feb 1987, p.3D]
It isn't much to say that "Round Midnight" is the best jazz film ever
made (there's so little competition), but it's true. Tavernier has an
impeccable feel for how the music is played and--more important--why it is
played. [24 Oct 1986, p.A]
Saturated with a passion for jazz, "Round Midnight" plays upon the heart as dextrously as Gordon's huge, eloquent hands coax music from the instrument he calls Lady Sweets. [20 Oct 1986, p.78]
Round Midnight is too long and too slow. [25 Jun 1987]
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