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  • 2012
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  • First Run Features
  • 1 h 29 m
  • 2012
  • Not Rated
  • First Run Features
  • 1 h 29 m

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 th...

Directed By: Patrick McGrady

Written By: Patrick McGrady

  • 2012
  • Not Rated
  • First Run Features
  • 1 h 29 m
  • 2012
  • Not Rated
  • First Run Features
  • 1 h 29 m

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 th...

Directed By: Patrick McGrady

Written By: Patrick McGrady

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Mixed or Average Based on 10 Critic Reviews
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80
Dec 7, 2012
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.
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63
Dec 4, 2012
Even when Wagner & Me seems uneven as an art historical study, it's fairly successful as a travelogue.
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60
Dec 7, 2012
Patrick McGrady's documentary strains to reconcile its conflicting moods, but Fry's gushing enthusiasm for the subject is ultimately if sometimes queasily infectious.
By Frank Scheck FULL REVIEW
60
Dec 6, 2012
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.
By Ronnie Scheib FULL REVIEW
60
Dec 4, 2012
Most of the time, though, Fry is an unabashed appreciator. He paws at costumes, thrills to touch Wagner's own piano, and looks right at the camera to apologize for being so excited. It's the light, charming touch absent in Wagner - and proof that both of the famous men referred to in the title benefit from each other's association.
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50
Dec 5, 2012
Fry is Jewish, and his wrestling with what it means to venerate the music of someone who wrote of his revulsion for Jews adds a fascinating personal angle to this otherwise dry film.
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40
Dec 4, 2012
While the documentary offers some insights into the pervertion of art for ideological purposes, too much of it simply finds Fry standing in dumbfounded awe of the holy sites that populate his journey.
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Production Company British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), Wavelength Films
Release Date Dec 7, 2012
Duration 1 h 29 m
Rating Not Rated
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Website http://www.wagnerandme.com/
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