Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould
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Neutral, measured, measured biopic / experimental, surreal in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured, hand-scored across twelve axes of taste.
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. Hand-scored on twelve axes of taste — mood, pacing, weirdness, hope, stakes, humour, reality, density, warmth, auteur, intensity, and era — with a derived palette drawn from its dominant cinematography.
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The shape of Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould
What watching it is actually like.
“You want an inventive vignette portrait of eccentric genius pianist Glenn Gould.”
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