Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould

Thematic Score! Music and Documentary Curated by D A Pennebaker

These 32 brief sections, each set to a different piece of Gould’s music, serve to illustrate the life of well known Canadian pianist Glenn Gould. A very private, intense man, Gould was widely considered an enigma, and these brief recreations of his life and work suggest interesting insights to the person behind the persona. These programs are modeled after the structure of Bach’s Goldberg Variations, recordings which brought Gould his fame in the Fifties.

Director

Francois Girard

Release Year

1993

Festival Year

2002

Country

Canada

Run Time

100 minutes