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  • 2010
  • Not Rated
  • Lorber Films
  • 1 h 49 m
  • 2010
  • Not Rated
  • Lorber Films
  • 1 h 49 m

Summary An enigmatic musical poet — and the most documented classical musician of the last century — world-renowned pianist Glenn Gould continues to captivate international audiences twenty-six years after his untimely death. Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould humanizes the legend, weaving together an unprecedented array of unseen foot...

Directed By: Michèle Hozer, Peter Raymont

  • 2010
  • Not Rated
  • Lorber Films
  • 1 h 49 m
  • 2010
  • Not Rated
  • Lorber Films
  • 1 h 49 m

Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 9 Critic Reviews
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User Score Generally Favorable Based on 8 User Ratings
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Summary An enigmatic musical poet — and the most documented classical musician of the last century — world-renowned pianist Glenn Gould continues to captivate international audiences twenty-six years after his untimely death. Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould humanizes the legend, weaving together an unprecedented array of unseen foot...

Directed By: Michèle Hozer, Peter Raymont

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 9 Critic Reviews
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Generally Favorable Based on 9 Critic Reviews
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78% Positive
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22% Mixed
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0% Negative
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91
It's an inescapable fact that Gould's singular musical insights – the way he brought out in Bach a mesmeric unity of sound – could only have arisen from a singular personality.
By Peter Rainer FULL REVIEW
80
What is most involving about Gould is the extraordinary way he played.
By Kenneth Turan FULL REVIEW
75
Post-Dispatch classical music critic Sarah Bryan Miller told me that Gould's music is as divisive today as it was 50 years ago, when the pianist publicly clashed with conductor Leonard Bernstein over the tempo of a performance.
By Joe Williams FULL REVIEW
70
Truly compelling, however, is the material about Gould's innovative studio recordings and radio documentaries.
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A fine overview, with enough new material to please Gould buffs. But the film fails to demonstrate that conventional biography is the best path to its subject's inner life.
By Mark Jenkins FULL REVIEW
60
Gould is as much of a mystery at the end as at the beginning. You get the feeling that's the way he'd have wanted it.
By Keith Uhlich FULL REVIEW
50
The film, despite its promise to excavate an inner life, wilts into banality whenever Gould's thorny paranoia and control issues come up.
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Generally Favorable Based on 8 User Ratings
6.4
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4 Ratings
38% Mixed
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13% Negative
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User Score
Generally Favorable Based on 8 User Ratings
6.4
50% Positive
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38% Mixed
3 Ratings
13% Negative
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Production Company White Pine Pictures
Release Date Sep 10, 2010
Duration 1 h 49 m
Rating Not Rated
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Website http://glenngouldmovie.com/
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Awards

Gemini Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Directors Guild of Canada
• 1 Nomination
International Documentary Association
• 1 Nomination

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