Re: GG: the film

[Karl Berry <karl@cs.umb.edu>]

    how accurate do you feel that "32 short films" portrayed Mr. Gould? 

It certainly perpetuates some of GG's more legendary aspects, and it's
got its share of errors, but I think it's true at heart.  It captured
enough of his spirit to make me want to go out and buy every book and
record, anyway :).  In particular, I found the self-interview to be
wonderful, and was one of the things I was most attracted to when I
first saw it (shortly after it was released).  The other thing that made
the film special to me was the (real) interviews; they're as good as
we've got ...

I've seen it a number of times, both in theaters and on (sadly washed
out) video, after having read all the aforementioned books and heard the
aforementioned music, and I still think Girard's film holds up well.