Description
COMPLETELY ENGROSSING as iconic as Jim Morrison or James Dean. --Kenneth Turan, The Los Angeles Times
An enigmatic musical poet and the most documented classical musician of the last century world-renowned pianist Glenn Gould continues to captivate international audiences twenty-six years after his untimely death. Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould humanizes the legend, weaving together an unprecedented array of unseen footage, private home recordings and diaries, as well as compelling interviews with Goulds most intimate friends and lovers, all exploring the incongruities between Gould s private reality and his wider image. DIRECTORS CUT - CONTAINS FOOTAGE NOT SEEN IN THEATERS! Special Features include: Deleted Scenes, Extra Interviews and more!
Glenn Gould was one of the most celebrated and controversial classical musicians of the 20th century, a pianist whose approach to the work of Bach and Brahms represented a bold and inventive new take on the composers' styles, and whose obsessive quest for perfectionism while rejecting the influence of the audience led him to abandon live performances in favor of recording in 1964, only nine years after the release of his celebrated interpretation of Bach's "Goldberg Variations." While Gould's very public eccentricities have been nearly as well documented as his talents, filmmakers Michele Hozer and Peter Raymont pose a very provocative question in their documentary Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould: Was Gould truly as strange as he was believed to be, or were his quirks part of a facade the artist carefully constructed to intrigue and challenge the listening audience?
Scene Index
1. Goldberg Variations [9:39]
2. Wonder Child [7:22]
3. The Cottage [10:29]
4. Small Town Boy [8:05]
5. Touring [12:56]
6. Carnegie Hall [6:51]
7. Radio [7:34]
8. Cornelia [6:12]
9. Recording [13:46]
10. Alone [9:29]
11. Hypochondria [11:45]
12. Legacy [9:46]