Glenn Gould

Thursday, 04 November 2021

'Glenn Gould' is featured as a movie character in the following productions:

Le Berger (2011)

Actors: Lou Castel (actor), Ivan Ilic (actor), Kevin Liu (actor), Ophélie Clavié (actress), Ophélie Clavié (actress), Benoît Maire (producer), Benoît Maire (writer), Ivan Ilic (composer), Paul Roux (composer), Benoît Maire (director), Benoît Maire (editor),

Plot: Two shepherds meet in a house where Glenn Gould is practicing a Chopin Study by Leopold Godowsky. The first shepherd touches Gould's shoulder, who doesn't notice. The concept of Cordelia (a character from Kierkegaard's "The Seducer's Diary") suddenly appears while the two shepherds are talking and the youngest is measuring a carp in an aquarium. The concept of Cordelia questions the shepherds about Gould's presence in the house and the strange power of their touch.

Genres: Short,

Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche (2004)

Actors: Felix Alaralak (actor), Ricardo Alms (actor), David Alpay (actor), Denys Arcand (actor), Charles Arling (actor), Aaron Armstrong (actor), Peter-Henry Arnatsiaq (actor), Eric Aubin (actor), Chris Barry (actor), Adam Beach (actor), Ryan Rajendra Black (actor), Claude Blanchard (actor), Lothaire Bluteau (actor), Lothaire Bluteau (actor), Craig Aftanas (actor),

Genres: Documentary,

Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould (1993)

Actors: Gilles Apap (actor), Jean Marc Apap (actor), Conrad Bergschneider (actor), Dick Callahan (actor), Frank Canino (actor), Ian D. Clark (actor), David Clement (actor), Marc Coppey (actor), John Dolan (actor), Len Doncheff (actor), Sean Doyle (actor), Vern Edquist (actor), Colm Feore (actor), Joshua Greenblatt (actor), Devon Anderson (actor),

Plot: As the title suggests, this dramatised documentary about the eccentric Canadian pianist Glenn Gould is broken up into thirty-two short films (mirroring the thirty-two part structure of Bach's 'Goldberg Variations', the recording that Gould made famous), each giving us an insight into some aspect of Gould's life and career. Out of respect for the music lead actor Colm Feore is never seen playing the piano, merely reacting to Gould's own recordings, which are extensively featured

Keywords: arctic, artist, character-name-in-title, classical-music, concert, glenn-gould, independent-film, johann-sebastian-bach, no-opening-credits, northern-canada
Genres: Biography, Drama, Music,
Taglines: The sound of genius.

Quotes:

Glenn Gould: Wanted: friendly, companionably reclusive, socially unacceptable, alcoholically abstemious, tirelessly talkative, zealously unzealous, spiritually intense, minimally turquoise, maximally ecstatic moon, seeks moth or moths with similar qualities for purposes of telephonic seduction, Tristanesque trip-taking, and permanent flame-fluttering, no photos required, financial status immaterial, all ages and non-competitive vocations considered, applicants should furnish sets of sample conversation with notarized certification of marital disinclination, references re: low decibel vocal consistency, itinerary and sample receipts from previous successfully completed out-of-town moth flights, all submissions treated confidentially...

Glenn Gould: I don't know what the effective ratio would be but I've always had a sort of intuition that for every hour you spend with other human beings, you need X number of hours alone. Now what that X represents, I don't really know, whether it be 2 and 7/8ths or 7 and 2/8ths, but it's a substantial ratio.

[first lines]::Glenn Gould: [voiceover] My mother tells me that by five years old I had decided definitively to become a concert pianist. I think she had decided some time earlier. The story goes that while I was in the womb she played the piano continuously to give me a head start, and evidently it paid off. My mother was my first teacher, and I've never doubted her methods. After all, she introduced me to Bach.

[last lines]::Glenn Gould: [voiceover] In the fall of 1977, the US government sent two ships, Voyagers 1 and 2, into space, where they are eventually destined to reach the edge of our galaxy. In the hope that someone, somewhere, would intercept these craft, a variety of messages were placed on board, that would be capable of communicating the existence of an intelligent creature, living on a planet called Earth. Among these was included a short prelude by Johann Sebastian Bach, as performed by Glenn Gould. Voyagers 1 and 2 left our solar system, respectively, in 1987 and 1989.

Glenn Gould

'Glenn Gould' is featured as a movie character in the following productions:

Le Berger (2011)

Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche (2004)

Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould (1993)

Quotes:

Gould, Glenn Filmography

Gould, Glenn Filmography

Glenn Gould

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Born: 1932-09-25

Died: 1982-10-04