Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould
Directed by François Girard • 1993 • Canada
Starring Colm Feore, Derek Keurvorst, Katya Ladan
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.
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Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould
Directed by François Girard • 1993 • Canada
Starring Colm Feore, Derek Keurvorst, Katya LadanA 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 fo...
Extras
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THIRTY TWO SHORT FILMS ABOUT GLENN GOULD Commentary
This commentary track, produced in 2025, features director-cowriter François Girard and cowriter-actor Don McKellar.
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François Girard and Atom Egoyan
The following conversation between director-cowriter François Girard and filmmaker Atom Egoyan was produced in 2025.
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Colm Feore on THIRTY TWO SHORT FILMS ABOUT GLENN GOULD
Presented here is an excerpt from a 2012 interview with actor Colm Feore.
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Niv Fichman on THIRTY TWO SHORT FILMS ABOUT GLENN GOULD
Presented here is an excerpt from a 2008 interview with producer Niv Fichman.
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Glenn Gould: Off the Record
These companion documentaries about Glenn Gould— both directed by Roman Kroitor and Wolf Koenig in 1959 for the Canadian television series The Candid Eye—follow the pianist to his home, on Lake Simcoe in Ontario, and to New York City, where he meets with sound engineers at Columbia Records and re...
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Glenn Gould: On the Record
These companion documentaries about Glenn Gould— both directed by Roman Kroitor and Wolf Koenig in 1959 for the Canadian television series The Candid Eye—follow the pianist to his home, on Lake Simcoe in Ontario, and to New York City, where he meets with sound engineers at Columbia Records and r...
