Seymour: An Introduction

Name: Seymour: An Introduction
Genre: Biography, Music, Documentary
Released: March 13, 2015
Duration: 84 min
Rating: 83

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Sundance Selects | Release Date: March 13, 2015 | PG

Summary: Meet Seymour Bernstein: a virtuoso pianist, veteran New Yorker, and true original who gave up a successful concert career to teach music. In this wonderfully warm, witty, and intimate tribute from his friend, Ethan Hawke, Seymour shares unforgettable stories from his remarkable life and eye-opening words of wisdom, as well as insightfulMeet Seymour Bernstein: a virtuoso pianist, veteran New Yorker, and true original who gave up a successful concert career to teach music. In this wonderfully warm, witty, and intimate tribute from his friend, Ethan Hawke, Seymour shares unforgettable stories from his remarkable life and eye-opening words of wisdom, as well as insightful reflections on art, creativity, and the search for fulfillment. [IFC Films]… Expand

Director: Ethan Hawke

Genre(s): Biography, Music, Documentary

Rating: PG

Runtime: 84 min

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Ann Hornaday

Mar 26, 2015

Seymour: An Introduction gives viewers a soaring, sublime and enduringly meaningful glimpse of a man who is undoubtedly the real thing. Read full review

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Joe Morgenstern

Mar 12, 2015

More than a musical offering, it’s a study in boundless passion, plus a wellspring of wisdom about art and life from a man who sees no dividing line between the one and the other. Read full review

Steven Rea

Mar 27, 2015

The polar opposite of the J.K. Simmons character in "Whiplash." Read full review

David Edelstein

Mar 7, 2015

Buoyed by Chopin, Schubert, Schumann, and more, Seymour: An Introduction is lyrical without getting fancy, its director plainly rapt. Read full review

David Ehrlich

Mar 16, 2015

Seymour unfolds like a Jewish Jiro Dreams of Sushi—Bernstein may look like your average NYC grandpa, but he lives like a monk and talks like a guru. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Glenn Kenny

Mar 13, 2015

Throughout the picture, Bernstein interacts with genteel folk who quietly deplore what they see as the American perception of art and art-making. Read full review

Joe Neumaier

Mar 12, 2015

Intimate and intellectual, the film — with a title taken from J.D. Salinger — focuses on the type of person you pass on the street, see in a coffee shop or sit next to on the subway who makes you wonder what life he’s led. One full of melody and muse, it turns out. Read full review

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Brent_Marchant

Mar 28, 2015

A thoughtful, engaging look not only at an interesting individual, but also at his views of what constitutes his art (specifically the art of music). Through intriguing conversations with the protagonist and his familiars, the film takes viewers on an exploration of elements of its subjectA thoughtful, engaging look not only at an interesting individual, but also at his views of what constitutes his art (specifically the art of music). Through intriguing conversations with the protagonist and his familiars, the film takes viewers on an exploration of elements of its subject that, at first glance, might seem unrelated but that are ultimately integral to its truest understanding. An interesting, unexpected offering from Ethan Hawke in one of his rare directorial turns.… Expand

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