{"product_id":"thirty-two-short-films-about-glenn-gould-blu-ray","title":"Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould Blu-ray","description":"\u003cp\u003e'\u003cstrong\u003eThirty Two Films About Glenn Gould\u003c\/strong\u003e' Director: Fran\u003cspan\u003eçois Girard (1993) Criterion Collection Blu-ray | 4K restoration\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA rare film biography as boldly unconventional as its subject, writer-director François Girard’s visionary portrait of iconoclastic, world-renowned pianist Glenn Gould explodes the conventions of the form to illuminate the brilliant mind and innermost obsessions of a singular artist. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAcross thirty-two vignettes encompassing everything from dramatic sketches to documentary interviews to avant-garde animation, \u003ci\u003eThirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould \u003c\/i\u003epieces together the story of Gould’s trajectory from child prodigy to celebrated concert pianist who turned his back on public performance to pursue his all-consuming fascination with recording technology. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLed by a tour-de-force performance by Colm Feore and underscored by Gould’s landmark recordings of Bach’s \u003ci\u003eGoldberg Variations,\u003c\/i\u003e Girard’s film daringly deconstructs the enigma of genius.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSpecial features include:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- A\u003c\/span\u003eudio commentary featuring Girard and cowriter-actor Don McKellar\u003cbr\u003e- Conversation between Girard and filmmaker Atom Egoyan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e- Glenn Gould: Off the Record\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eGlenn Gould: On the Record,\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ecompanion programs from 1959\u003cbr\u003e- Archival interviews with actor Colm Feore and producer Niv Fichman\u003cbr\u003e- Essay by author and film critic Michael Koresky\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Film Shop IFI","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49022347706617,"sku":"vca1788779765896","price":34.08,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0750\/5484\/2105\/files\/thirty-two-short-films-about-glenn-gould-blu-ray_1.jpg?v=1788779771","url":"https:\/\/www.storyvibe.shop\/products\/thirty-two-short-films-about-glenn-gould-blu-ray","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}