A collection of vignettes highlighting different aspects of the life, work, and character of the acclaimed Canadian classical pianist.A collection of vignettes highlighting different aspects of the life, work, and character of the acclaimed Canadian classical pianist.A collection of vignettes highlighting different aspects of the life, work, and character of the acclaimed Canadian classical pianist.
- Awards
- 7 wins & 4 nominations
Sean Vertigo
- Young Glenn Age 12
- (as Sean Ryan)
Carlo Rota
- C.B.S. Producer
- (as Carlo D. Rota)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe structure of the film is based on the structure of the piece that Glenn Gould is most famous for playing, Johann Sebastian Bach's "Goldberg Variations", which are 32 short pieces of music that are usually played together.
- Quotes
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.
Featured review
the concept works. i like how the film is composed of individual films, yet the individual films do an excellent job of telling a singular, cohesive story. the best aspect is that we don't have to deal with the boring plot proceedings- we just fill in the blanks ourselves. learning about gould's personality through the dialogue kept my interest, but looking back, it was actually the strictly instrumental pieces that really kept my interest. fortunately gould's actual performances are mesmerizing enough on their own to really supplement the visuals. a couple of favorites off the top of my head are "man sitting in chair" and "a day's journal" (sorry, not the exact titles i think). colm feore, i've seen you in about a dozen pictures, but this is the one that made me really notice your name.
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- Countries of origin
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- Also known as
- Sinfonía en soledad: un retrato de Glenn Gould
- Filming locations
- Toronto City Hall, 100 Queen St W., Toronto, Ontario, Canada(Opening scene of section titled Questions With No Answers)
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $1,319,521
- Gross worldwide
- $1,319,521
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Top Gap
By what name was Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould (1993) officially released in India in English?
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