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Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould
Directed by
Peter Raymont
,
Michèle Hozer
Not Rated
2009
1h 53m
Documentary
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Biography
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7.4
84%
78%
6.8
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A documentary on the mysterious and influential pianist.
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Cast of Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould
Glenn Gould
Himself (Archive Footage)
Kevin Bazzana
Self (Biographer)
Vladimir Ashkenazy
Self
Fred Sherry
Self (Cellist)
John P.L. Roberts
Self (Friend of Gould's)
Victor Feldbrill
Self (Conductor)
Fran Barrault
Self (Gould's girlfriend)
Gordon Burwash
Self (archival footage)
Cornelia Foss
Self
Leonard Bernstein
Self (archival footage)
Mark Kingwell
Self (Philosopher/Writer)
Humphrey Burton
Self (archival footage)
Petula Clark
Self
Peter Raymont
Director / Producer
Michèle Hozer
Director / Producer / Editor
Kelly Jenkins
Producer
Walter Corbett
Director Of Photography
Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould Ratings & Reviews
San Francisco Chronicle
Joshua Kosman
It's a fascinating story, and well told.
Oregonian
Shawn Levy
This is a beautifully made movie that will enchant anyone coming to Gould's world for the first time and probably afford new insights and levels of appreciation to those who already know it.
Philadelphia Inquirer
Steven Rea
Genius Within presents an artist who was, yes, "eccentric" (the gloves, the overcoat, the hypochondria), but also visionary, curious, unpredictable, and funny.
One Guy's Opinion
Frank Swietek
Fans of Gould--and there are still many--will devour the film, and even the merely curious should find it a fascinating portrait of a unique artist.
Washington Post
Michael O'Sullivan
Gould remains something of a riddle wrapped in an enigma. But it's the questions that hang in the air, and not the biographical details that the film lays out, that make it so hard to take your eyes -- and your ears -- off him.
Seattle Times
Paul de Barros
In the end, though the film is a trifle dull, one does come away with a sense of Gould as a human being...
St. Paul Pioneer Press
Chris Hewitt
I definitely left the movie feeling I had learned things about Gould I didn't know. But I also thought he had to have been a much more distinctive person than the movie made him seem.
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Claude Peck
Those who believe the private life of the artist is best left in the background may not appreciate all the candid interviews with former friends and lovers. Those seeking a fuller view of Gould's life and music-making will be spellbound.
Playback:stl
Sarah Boslaugh
...a conventional documentary whose excellence lies in the extensive research and quantity of archival materials they incorporate into the film.
Boxoffice Magazine
Vadim Rizov
Concentrating on Gould's private life does a disservice to the writing he left behind (not discussed in the doc) and underestimates how prophetic his studio recording decisions were.
Los Angeles Times
Kenneth Turan
A thoughtful, confident, completely engrossing documentary about a cultural figure every bit as iconic as Jim Morrison or James Dean.
Chicago Reader
Ben Sachs
Truly compelling, however, is the material about Gould's innovative studio recordings and radio documentaries.
Christian Science Monitor
Peter Rainer
Gould remains an enigma, but now he's a more resonant one.
Film Journal International
Chris Barsanti
...Glenn Gould's life gets a thoughtful but perhaps too respectful consideration in this layered, slightly overlong documentary.
New York Times
A.O. Scott
A tour de force of archival research and dogged interviewing, and the portrait it presents is remarkably complete.
Village Voice
Nick Pinkerton
Devotees will perhaps find something new in this deep pool of archival footage, and newcomers will get an appropriate introduction to the beguiling charisma of a most media-savvy isolationist.
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Louis Proyect
A compelling look at all aspects of the legendary pianist, from the well-known eccentricities to his love affair with a woman who would ultimately spurn him because of those eccentricities. The finest biography of a musician in long time.
Slant Magazine
Eric Henderson
Ultimately, Michèle Hozer and Peter Raymont's portrait of Gould is bloodless and conservative in execution.
Variety
John Anderson
While the pic is far from perfect, the helmers certainly deliver a must-see film for serious music fans that should make beautiful music at the arthouse.
Film Freak Central
Bill Chambers
...That clunky, arrogant title has a reach exceeding the filmmakers' grasp on the sphinxlike title figure.
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