Movies: Glenn Gould
- 1972
Slaughterhouse-Five (1972)
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Billy Pilgrim, a veteran of the Second World War, finds himself mysteriously detached from time, so that he is able to travel, without being able to help it, from the days of his childhood to those of his peculiar life on a distant planet called Tral...
- 1974
The Terminal Man (1974)
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As the result of a head injury, brilliant computer scientist Harry Benson begins to experience violent seizures. In an attempt to control the seizures, Benson undergoes a new surgical procedure in which a microcomputer is inserted into his brain. The...
- 1983
The Wars (1983)
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Robert Ross (Brent Carver) lives a protected adolescence in a well-off Toronto suburb. Secretive and withdrawn, he shares his thoughts only with his sister Rowena (Anne-Marie MacDonald) who is mentally disabled. He feels compassion for his weak and ...
- 1956
The Virtues of Hesitation (1956)
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Short comedy shot by Glenn Gould during his vacation in the Bahamas...
- 2002
Glenn Gould: The Russian Journey (2002)
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A look at the acclaimed pianist's 1957 trip to the Soviet Union, when he became - at age 24 - the first North American to perform behind the Iron Curtain. The film features previously unheard recordings of Gould's concerts in Moscow and Leningrad, in...
- 1985
Glenn Gould: a Portrait (1985)
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Glenn Gould: A Portrait is a biography of pianist and "explorer of sounds" Glenn Gould. The 105-minute program -- a montage of interviews, photographs, recording sessions, and concerts -- depicts the life and times of this late musician. Highlights o...
- 1993
The Golden Age of the Piano (1993)
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Academician and piano expert David Dubal narrates this absorbing documentary chronicling the instrument's history and featuring some of the 20th century's finest pianists via archival film clips. Among the keyboard virtuosos are Vladimir Horowitz, Cl...
- 1960
The Creative Performer (1960)
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Leornard Bernstein conducts the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, first with pianist Glenn Gould performing Bach's Keyboard Concerto #1 in D minor and then with soprano Eileen Farrell singing the "Suicidio!" aria from Amilcare Ponchielli 's opera "La...
- 2009
Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould (2009)
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A documentary on the mysterious and influential pianist....
- 1959
Glenn Gould: Off the Record (1959)
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Canadian concert pianist Glenn Gould enjoys a respite at his lakeside cottage. It is an aspect of Gould previously known only to the collie pacing beside him through the woods, the fishermen resting their oars to hear his piano, and fellow musicians ...
- 1974
Glenn Gould: The Alchemist (1974)
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Filmmaker Bruno Monsaingeon visits piano virtuoso Glenn Gould more than ten years after his self-imposed exile from the stage, which results in a mixture of interview and performance....
- 2006
Glenn Gould: Hereafter (2006)
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A retrospective of the life and work of Glenn Gould, Hereafter synthesizes an incredible wealth of archival material from various sources....
- 1969
Glenn Gould, Recording Artist (1969)
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GLENN GOULD,RECORDING ARTIST is a feature length documentary about music, ideas, and technology, focusing on the innovative ideas of musician Glenn Gould. Film focuses on Gould's fresh approach to recording at Columbia Records 30th Street Studios, as...
- 1993
Glenn Gould: Extasis (1993)
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A collection of recollections and opinions of and about Glenn Gould, interspersed with excerpts of archive footage of the great Canadian pianist speaking and playing....
- 1959
Glenn Gould: On the Record (1959)
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This short documentary (the second of two parts) follows Glenn Gould to New York City. There, we see the renowned Canadian concert pianist kidding the cab driver, bantering with sound engineers at Columbia Records, and then, alone with the piano, fas...
- 1979
The Question of Instrument (1979)
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Part One of the legendary trilogy of television films on Bach with Glenn Gould, directed by Bruno Monsaingeon, now for the first time together in a 3 DVD set. The Question of Instrument (1979), a CBC-Clasart co-production about Bach’s abstract to no...
- 1970
The Idea of North (1970)
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Based on the radio documentary by Glenn Gould, The Idea of North is part filmed docudrama, part fantasy, and part forerunner of music television....
- 1979
Glenn Gould's Toronto (1979)
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Glenn Gould's monologue in this charming documentary touches on the peace and quiet Toronto offers him, the reflexive distaste it can inspire in others, the "cultural mosaic" to which it plays host (sometimes insistently), the way it survived the 196...
- 2007
The Goldberg Variations (2007)
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Prepared, shot, and edited over a period of five years from 1976 to 1981, the three-part series Glenn Gould Plays Bach has so far only been seen via the limited parameters of television transmission. Now, for the first time, this testment is made ava...
- 1979
The Art of the Fugue (1979)
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Part Two of the legendary trilogy of television films on Bach with Glenn Gould, directed by Bruno Monsaingeon....