Re: GG: The Gould Variations

[Robert Clements <clemensr@mailhost.world.net>]

At 11:00 15/10/1996 -0700, Katherine Lee wrote:

>This weekend, I watched a movie called The Gould Variations, directed by
>Manuel Huerga.
>
>It was a very interesting film.  Some of the film editing techniques are a
>little unconventional, but overall, it's a very good representation of the
>man and his ideas.  The Idea of North and his other radio and musical
>compositions are emphasized, as are Gould's "unconventional"
>interpretations of Mozart and Brahms, (specifically his performance with
>Bernstein and the NY Phil).
>
>Some of the ideas discussed had to do with Gould's relationship to music.
>There is a Hungarian pianist who appears throughout to talk about Gould and
>his work. (I didn't catch the pianist's name in the opening titles ? and
>annoyingly, the name was neither subtitled in the movie nor listed in the
>end credits.  If anyone has seen this movie and can fill me in on this, I'd
>appreciate it!)

Zoltan Kocsis. Personnally, i found the film a bit over-edited; & yes, i
_do_ feel the same away about GG's radio documentaries at times....

All the best,


Robert Clements
clemensr@mailhost.world.net