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  • 2008
  • Not Rated
  • Koch Lorber Films
  • 1 h 59 m
  • 2008
  • Not Rated
  • Koch Lorber Films
  • 1 h 59 m

Summary A uniquely intimate portrait of the music icon, Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts explores the contemporary composer's creative process in opera, concert, and film, interwoven with candid scenes of his personal and spiritual life. In July 2005, filmmaker Scott Hicks started shooting a documentary about the composer Philip Glass...

Directed By: Scott Hicks

  • 2008
  • Not Rated
  • Koch Lorber Films
  • 1 h 59 m
  • 2008
  • Not Rated
  • Koch Lorber Films
  • 1 h 59 m

Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 6 Critic Reviews
55
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 6 User Ratings
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Summary A uniquely intimate portrait of the music icon, Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts explores the contemporary composer's creative process in opera, concert, and film, interwoven with candid scenes of his personal and spiritual life. In July 2005, filmmaker Scott Hicks started shooting a documentary about the composer Philip Glass...

Directed By: Scott Hicks

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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50% Positive
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75
With his self-deprecating demeanor and easy laugh, Glass is a congenial presence, and now and then he lets an insight drop.
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67
As fascinating as Glass often is, it's simultaneously too conventional and not conventional enough.
By Noel Murray FULL REVIEW
63
The lack of a credible external perspective beyond the narrative provided by Glass, his friends, family, and associates, makes the film feel too cozy.
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60
Much like its subject: affable, quotable and emotionally guarded in the extreme.
By Jeannette Catsoulis FULL REVIEW
50
Another superficial film about music from Scott Hicks ("Shine"), picture runs a distant second to the superior new film on John Adams and Peter Sellars, "Wonders Are Many," which really captures how a composer works.
By Robert Koehler FULL REVIEW
40
Glass is a stupefyingly dull portrait of a man who doesn't seem to be lying when he says, "I have so few secrets."
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7.7
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Production Company Independent Media, Kino Films, Mandalay Motion Pictures
Release Date Apr 18, 2008
Duration 1 h 59 m
Rating Not Rated
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Tagline In July 2005, filmmaker Scott Hicks started shooting a documentary about the composer Philip Glass to celebrate his 70th anniversary in 2007.
Website http://www.glassthemovie.com/Home.html
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Awards

Australian Film Institute
• 1 Nomination
Primetime Emmy Awards
• 1 Nomination

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