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 Critic[A] fascinating portrait.
04/15/09
Thomas Riedelsheimer’s portrait of deaf percussionist Evelyn Glennie is an absolute masterwork, both of filmmaking and of musicianship.
05/12/06
It doesn't help when Glennie tries to elucidate her feelings about nature and music in holistic, broad strokes that border on nonsense.
05/07/06
A documentary that artfully blends sound, image and biography.
01/13/06
Riedelsheimer sees Glennie as an angel of hyperawareness and possessor of special spiritual wisdom.
12/31/05
Touch the Sound is remarkable not only because of Glennie's story -- a clinically deaf Grammy-winning musician who has played with the world's great orchestras -- but for the way Riedelsheimer uses sound.
12/08/05
It's a contemplative piece of work that will leave you questioning the nature of what is audible -- particularly those parts that 'hearing' people tend to tune out or ignore.
12/02/05
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
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
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
Riedelsheimer gives the viewer not only Glennie's music, but her own experience of it.
11/28/05
[T]his is a film that leaves strong reverberations and a pleasant, sense-scrambled high.
11/28/05
You may find your own sense of hearing transformed by this global tour of the senses.
11/04/05
They get some amazing sounds from unusual sources... This film is a visual and auditory experience.
11/04/05
Unfortunately, a good deal of Touch the Music is devoted to vacuous interviews with Glennie, who seems positively incapable of saying anything substantial.
11/03/05
You'll either sail along with it contentedly, or you'll start to think halfway through that maybe the movie could have been a lot shorter and made its points just as well.
10/30/05
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10/15/05
Bold and often thrilling film.
10/14/05
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
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