Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould Blu-Ray

A rare film biography that is as boldly unconventional as its subject. Writer and director Françoisois Girard's visionary portrait of the iconoclastic, world-famous pianist Glenn Gould breaks with convention to illuminate the brilliant mind and innermost obsessions of a unique artist. Through thirty-two vignettes ranging from dramatic sketches to documentary interviews and avant-garde animation, Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould pieces togetherthe story of Gould's career from child prodigy to acclaimed concert pianist who turned his back on public appearances to devote himself to his all-consuming fascination with recording technology. With Colm Feore in a tour de force role and Gould's groundbreaking recordings of Bach's Goldberg Variations as background music, Girard's film boldly deconstructs the enigma of genius.

DIRECTOR'S APPROVED BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS

New 4K digital restoration, supervised and approved by director François Girard, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack.

New audio commentary with Girard and co-writer and actor Don McKellar.

New conversation between Girard and filmmaker Atom Egoyan.

Glenn Gould: Off the Record and Glenn Gould: On the Record, supplementary programs from 1959 produced for Canadian television.

Archival interviews with actor Colm Feore and producer Niv Fichman.p>

Trailer

English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing

PLUS: An essay by author and film critic Michael Koresky

Cover based on a movie poster by Pascal Dufaux