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  • 2005
  • Not Rated
  • Shadow Distribution
  • 1 h 39 m
  • 2005
  • Not Rated
  • Shadow Distribution
  • 1 h 39 m

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 wo...

Directed By: Thomas Riedelsheimer

  • 2005
  • Not Rated
  • Shadow Distribution
  • 1 h 39 m
  • 2005
  • Not Rated
  • Shadow Distribution
  • 1 h 39 m

Touch the Sound: A Sound Journey with Evelyn Glennie

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 18 Critic Reviews
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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 wo...

Directed By: Thomas Riedelsheimer

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 18 Critic Reviews
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89% Positive
16 Reviews
11% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Generally Favorable Based on 18 Critic Reviews
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89% Positive
16 Reviews
11% Mixed
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90
A potent and imaginative creative biography of virtuoso percussionist Glennie.
By Kenneth Turan FULL REVIEW
80
Innovative sounds and striking visuals combine to form an exquisite cinematic work.
By Ken Fox FULL REVIEW
80
It's rare that a documentary conveys an artist's worldview so compellingly, but then Glennie is no ordinary musician.
By Leslie Camhi FULL REVIEW
75
Riedelsheimer, earlier made "Rivers and Tides" (2002), about another artist from Scotland, Andy Goldsworthy, whose art involves materials found in nature...Evelyn Glennie and Andy Goldsworthy have in common a profound sensitivity to their environments.
By Roger Ebert FULL REVIEW
75
The result is a feast for the senses.
By Jack Mathews FULL REVIEW
70
May be too heady to take in one sitting. Even given relatively calm passages-like a hushed tour through the courtyard of a Scottish castle or a mediation on ripples in a pond-there's just too much to absorb.
By Noel Murray FULL REVIEW
50
There is a maddening sense of dislocation through much of the movie -- a feeling that genuinely fascinating questions have been squeezed out by woo-woo philosophizing and material (like Glennie's brief return to the family farm) of only minor import.
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Production Company Filmquadrat, Skyline Productions
Release Date Sep 7, 2005
Duration 1 h 39 m
Rating Not Rated
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Website http://www.touch-the-sound.com/
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Awards

German Film Awards
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
BAFTA Awards, Scotland
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Locarno International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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