Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould
- measured
- inventive
- intimate
Neutral, measured, measured biopic / experimental, surreal in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
How every film is hand-scored →A collection of vignettes highlighting different aspects of the life, work, and character of the acclaimed Canadian classical pianist.
Our read · Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould (1993) reads as a neutral, measured, surreal biopic · experimental · music entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
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