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Thirty-Two Short Films About Glenn Gould Reviews
Instead of a laborious bio-pic, we get a sly, quick-witted meditation on a character always likely to elude our grasp.
| Aug 17, 2020
If only more filmmakers would take the fragmented, kaleidoscopic approach of Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould, which captures the essence of the famed pianist (and radio broadcaster) by honoring his unruliness.
| Dec 12, 2018
| Original Score: A- | Sep 7, 2011
One of the great documentaries, or if you will semi-documentaries.
| Original Score: A | Mar 15, 2011
An assured melange of dramatic re-creation, archival material and interviews, it is a uniquely entertaining venture
| Mar 26, 2009
The film's strategy is to present many diverse fragments about Gould, each capturing an aspect of his artistry and/or personality, so that the cumulative effect would give the viewer a glimpse of the man and his times.
| Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 3, 2006
...but not one long one.
Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Jun 16, 2004
Full Review | Original Score: 5/5 | Mar 28, 2004
Full Review | Original Score: 5/5 | Aug 22, 2003
An engaging and rather appropriate perspective on the gifted and eccentric musician.
Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | May 28, 2003
Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | May 20, 2003
A brilliant and transfixing cinematic portrait by Francois Girard.
| May 20, 2003
These episodic adventures are a joy to watch and although not all of them are as memorable as each other, each has an entertaining quality that means the film as a whole will stick with you for a long time.
| Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 21, 2003
Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 11, 2003
Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 8, 2002
Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 26, 2002
Imaginative and engaging work of art which pioneers a new form of screen biography.
| Aug 29, 2002
| Original Score: 5/5 | Jan 27, 2002
The films are short, vignettes mostly, but in concert they do more than a conventional two-hour biopic ever could.
| Original Score: 87/100 | Apr 18, 2001
| Original Score: 9/10 | Jan 1, 2000