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Touch the Sound: A Sound Journey with Evelyn Glennie
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75 out of 100

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7.4 out of 10

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  • Summary: Through the rhythms of Evelyn Glennie we touch the sound – we feel the beat of the universe. Thomas Riedelsheimer takes us on an expedition with Scottish percussionist Evelyn Glennie into the center of the sound world – a journey involving each of our senses. See, Feel, Embrace the sound. Evelyn’s postcards from her journey across the world feed into the creation of music from the interior of one of the most unique perspectives of sound and image on the planet. (Shadow Distribution)… Expand

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 16 out of 18
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 18
  3. Negative: 0 out of 18
  1. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Kenneth Turan
    90
    A potent and imaginative creative biography of virtuoso percussionist Glennie.
  2. Seattle Post-Intelligencer
    Reviewed by: Bill White
    83
    A lesson in listening.
  3. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Tim Page
    60
    Unfortunately, a good deal of Touch the Music"is devoted to vacuous interviews with Glennie, who seems positively incapable of saying anything substantial. Nor is most of the music very good.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 4
  3. Negative: 0 out of 4
  1. JulioP.
    10
    At three-quarters of the way through the film I felt such an ecstasy as to make any kind of drug-induced euphoria seem trivial. This is the greatest kind of movie -- the kind that speaks to us on every level.… Expand
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  2. JamesN.
    10
    Fascinating music--fine photography and editing--an inspiration (especially to anyone with a disability)!!!
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  3. KoltonV.
    5
    The movie put me to sleep and were it not for a school project I'd have turned it off in the first 30 minutes. I loved the idea but the director reminded me of a child with ADD uncertain of what he wanted and always demanding it.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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