Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould
A rare film biography as boldly unconventional as its subject, writer-director François Girard’s visionary portrait of iconoclastic, world-renowned pianist Glenn Gould explodes the conventions of the form to illuminate the brilliant mind and innermost obsessions of a singular artist. Across thirty-two vignettes encompassing everything from dramatic sketches to documentary interviews to avant-garde animation, Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould pieces together the story of Gould’s trajectory from child prodigy to celebrated concert pianist who turned his back on public performance to pursue his all-consuming fascination with recording technology. Led by a tour-de-force performance by Colm Feore and underscored by Gould’s landmark recordings of Bach’s Goldberg Variations, Girard’s film daringly deconstructs the enigma of genius.
DIRECTOR-APPROVED 4K UHD + BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- New 4K digital restoration, supervised and approved by director François Girard, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
- One 4K UHD disc of the film and one Blu-ray with the film and special features
- New audio commentary featuring Girard and cowriter-actor Don McKellar
- New conversation between Girard and filmmaker Atom Egoyan
- Glenn Gould: Off the Record and Glenn Gould: On the Record, companion programs from 1959
- Archival interviews with actor Colm Feore and producer Niv Fichman
- Trailer
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: An essay by author and film critic Michael Koresky
Cover design and sculptures by Pascal Dufaux
DIRECTOR-APPROVED 4K UHD + BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- New 4K digital restoration, supervised and approved by director François Girard, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
- One 4K UHD disc of the film and one Blu-ray with the film and special features
- New audio commentary featuring Girard and cowriter-actor Don McKellar
- New conversation between Girard and filmmaker Atom Egoyan
- Glenn Gould: Off the Record and Glenn Gould: On the Record, companion programs from 1959
- Archival interviews with actor Colm Feore and producer Niv Fichman
- Trailer
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: An essay by author and film critic Michael Koresky
Cover design and sculptures by Pascal Dufaux
Cast
- Colm Feore
- Glenn Gould
- Derek Keurvorst
- Gould’s father
- Katya Ladan
- Gould’s mother
- Devon Anderson
- Young Glenn, age three
- Joshua Greenblatt
- Young Glenn, age eight
- Sean Ryan
- Young Glenn, age twelve
- Kate Hennig
- Chambermaid
- Sharon Bernbaum
- Female guide
- Don McKellar
- Concert promoter
- David Hughes
- Stagehand
- Carlo Rota
- CBS producer
- Peter Millard
- CBS engineer
- John Dolan
- CBS assistant engineer
- Allegra Fulton
- Waitress
- Guy Thauvette
- Trucker
- Gerry Quigley
- Music critic
- Gale Garnett
- Journalist
- David Young
- Writer
- Marie-Josée Gauthier
- Professor
- Nick McKinney
- Interpreter
- Moynan King
- Questioning woman
- Michael Kopsa
- Broker
- Len Doncheff
- Broker
- Jimmy Loftus
- Waiter
- Frank Canino
- Waiter
- Bruno Monsaingeon
- Interview subject
- Yehudi Menuhin
- Interview subject
- Margaret Pacsu
- Interview subject
- Jessie Grieg
- Interview subject
- Megan Smith-Harris
- Interview subject
- Walter Homburger
- Interview subject
- Ray Roberts
- Interview subject
- Bob Phillips
- Interview subject
- Jill R. Cobb
- Interview subject
- Bob Silverman
- Interview subject
- Elyse Mach
- Interview subject
- Mario Prizak
- Interview subject
- Valerie Verity
- Interview subject
- Vern Edquist
- Interview subject
- Bruno Monsaingeon
- Opus No. 1 performed by
- Gilles Apap
- Opus No. 1 performed by
- Jean-Marc Apap
- Opus No. 1 performed by
- Marc Coppey
- Opus No. 1 performed by
Credits
- Director
- François Girard
- Producer
- Niv Fichman
- Screenplay
- François Girard
- Screenplay
- Don McKellar
- Director of photography
- Alain Dostie
- Editor
- Gaétan Huot
- Location sound
- Stuart French
- Rerecordist
- Shelley Craig
- Sound editor
- Jane Tattersall
- Sound editor
- John D. Smith
- Casting
- Deirdre Bowen
- Line producer
- Amy Kaufman
- Assistant director
- Jennifer Jonas
- Research and additional writing
- Nick McKinney
- Script supervisor
- Leslie Druker
- Design consultant
- Charles Dunlop
- Set decorator
- Alexa Anthony
- Costume designer
- Linda Muir
- Hairstylist
- Marcelo Padovani
- Makeup
- Kathryn Casault
Trailer for Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould
