Wagner & Me
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  • Summary: British actor and writer Stephen Fry embarks upon a journey to explore his fascination for Wagner and confront his troubled legacy. Can he disentangle the music he loves from its poisonous links with Hitler? His journey plays out against the backdrop of preparations for the Bayreuth Festival - the annual Wagner extravaganza held in a theatre purpose-built by the composer. … Expand
  • Director: Patrick McGrady
  • Genre(s): Biography, History, Music, Documentary
  • Rating: Not Rated
  • Runtime: 89 min
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 10
  3. Negative: 0 out of 10
  1. NPR
    Reviewed by: Stephanie Zacharek
    Dec 7, 2012
    80
    Somehow, without soft-pedaling the nastier angles of Wagner's life and legacy, Wagner & Me lands on the side of joy and defiance - broadly speaking, Fry decides not to let the terrorists win.
  2. Variety
    Reviewed by: Ronnie Scheib
    Dec 6, 2012
    60
    For Fry, the music's complexity, ambiguity, innovation and humanity far surpass Wagner's personal limitations. He may not convince his viewers of the rightness of his conclusions, but he certainly makes a fervent case for the triumph of art over biography.
  3. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Frank Scheck
    Dec 7, 2012
    60
    Patrick McGrady's documentary strains to reconcile its conflicting moods, but Fry's gushing enthusiasm for the subject is ultimately if sometimes queasily infectious.
  4. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Andy Webster
    Dec 6, 2012
    60
    In the documentary Wagner & Me, the actor Stephen Fry, an ardent admirer of the music of Richard Wagner, wrestles with a longstanding problem for Wagner fans: how to reconcile that composer's musical genius with his racism.

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