Werckmeister Harmonies
Pierre Grise Distribution | Release Date: October 10, 2001 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
93
METASCORE
Universal acclaim based on 9 Critic Reviews
Positive:
9
Mixed:
0
Negative:
0
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100
Christian Science MonitorDavid Sterritt
This is as challenging as movies come, alluding to everything from philosopher Thomas Hobbes to the history of Western music. Read full review
100
San Francisco ChronicleEdward Guthmann
An indelible statement on loneliness and spiritual thirst. Read full review
100
New York PostV.A. Musetto
While Tarr's newest epic, Werckmeister Harmonies, isn't intended for the shopping-mall crowd, it is more viewer-friendly and will please adventurous moviegoers. Read full review
100
The GuardianPeter Bradshaw
Werckmeister Harmonies may be Tarr’s masterpiece. Read full review
90
VarietyDerek Elley
A stunning feature -- another hypnotic meditation on popular demagogy and mental manipulation. Read full review
90
New Times (L.A.)Andy Klein
The pacing is slow, but the film is entrancing and earns a permanent place in the viewer's mind. Read full review
90
The New York TimesLawrence Van Gelder
Mysterious, poetic and allusive, The Werckmeister Harmonies beckons filmgoers who complain of the vapidity of Hollywood movie making and yearn for a film to ponder and debate. Read full review
80
Village VoiceJ. Hoberman
A work of bravura filmmaking. Read full review
80
TV Guide MagazineKen Fox
The film could easily be reduced to a parable of post-Communist Eastern Europe, but the allegory digs deeper into the very order of things, exemplified by 17th-century musicologist Andreas Werckmeister's arbitrary imposition of a "tempered" tonal system over naturally occurring tunings. Read full review
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