A coy yet worthy profile of celebrated Scottish percussionist Evelyn Glennie.
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06/24/06
Touch the Sound (2006)
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Reviews Counted:49
Fresh:43
Rotten:6
Average Rating:7.4/10
Consensus: Not only does this documentary introduce viewers to Glennie, it gives them a taste of how she perceives the world.
Runtime: 1 hr 39 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: In RIVERS AND TIDES, German documentarian Thomas Riedelsheimer explored the enchanting and hypnotic "nature" art-installations of Andy Goldsworthy. Now, with TOUCH THE SOUND, he turns his camera on... [More]
Director: Thomas Riedelsheimer
Reviews for Touch the Sound
Top CriticEducates in exhilarating ways, ways that are immediately applicable to how one lives one's life.
09/07/05
It's a spacious, hauntingly meditative film that thankfully does not dwell on the implications of Glennie's deafness.
09/23/05
It will be frustrating if you expect narrative and linear development. But if you take it on as a new point of view, valuable even if you don't completely comprehend it yet, Touch the Sound is worth the trip.
12/02/05
Glennie's accomplishments in music are as unexpected and against all norms as are Lance Armstrong's in sports.
08/17/05
It's rare that a documentary conveys an artist's worldview so compellingly, but then Glennie is no ordinary musician.
09/06/05
Glennie and Reidelsheimer prove equally adept at tapping into found sound and transforming it into art.
09/23/05
Fans of the Grammy-winning musician will revel in the proximity to their idol, though second pic from talented helmer Thomas Riedelsheimer plays a tad long to those unfamiliar with his, or her, work.
09/01/05
Top CriticThey get some amazing sounds from unusual sources... This film is a visual and auditory experience.
11/04/05
The movie makes an interesting addition to what could become Riedelsheimer's evolving and extraordinary gallery of movies that bring the creative process to life.
12/02/05
We listen to this film more intensely than is usually the case.
10/13/05
Top CriticWe’re led to experience her life as she does -- as an adventure in which setbacks are not challenges, but illuminations of untracked paths.
09/08/05
Innovative sounds and striking visuals combine to form an exquisite cinematic work that's both a portrait of hearing-impaired percussionist Evelyn Glennie and a radical reexamination of sensory experience.
09/09/05
An often-lovely impressionistic look at the life of a famous avant-garde percussionist who generates a wonderful world of sound, despite being deaf.
10/14/05
Doesn't touch Glennie's greatness.
09/06/05
A nice introduction to an artist mostly unknown to the general public... but one that needs to focus more on its strengths and less on outside influences.
09/09/05
Touch the Sound is a completely joyful moviegoing experience and, like the best movies, it takes you to a place you've never been.
12/01/05
This impressionistic documentary is a mystical exploration of the sensory world as experienced by a musician who lost most of her hearing as a teenager.
09/07/05
Top CriticBold and often thrilling film.
10/14/05
Thomas Riedelsheimer’s portrait of deaf percussionist Evelyn Glennie is an absolute masterwork, both of filmmaking and of musicianship.
05/12/06
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