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
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A coy yet worthy profile of celebrated Scottish percussionist Evelyn Glennie. Full Review |
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[A] fascinating portrait. Full Review |
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5/5 |
Thomas Riedelsheimer’s portrait of deaf percussionist Evelyn Glennie is an absolute masterwork, both of filmmaking and of musicianship. Full Review |
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 3/5 |
It doesn't help when Glennie tries to elucidate her feelings about nature and music in holistic, broad strokes that border on nonsense. Full Review |
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3.5/4 |
A documentary that artfully blends sound, image and biography. Full Review |
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2/4 |
Riedelsheimer sees Glennie as an angel of hyperawareness and possessor of special spiritual wisdom. Full Review |
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3/4 |
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. Full Review |
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3.5/5 |
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. Full Review |
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B+ |
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. Full Review |
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3/4 |
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. Full Review |
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3.5/4 |
Touch the Sound is a completely joyful moviegoing experience and, like the best movies, it takes you to a place you've never been. Full Review |
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3/4 |
Riedelsheimer gives the viewer not only Glennie's music, but her own experience of it. Full Review |
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3/4 |
[T]his is a film that leaves strong reverberations and a pleasant, sense-scrambled high. Full Review |
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You may find your own sense of hearing transformed by this global tour of the senses. Full Review |
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3.5/5 |
They get some amazing sounds from unusual sources... This film is a visual and auditory experience. Full Review |
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Unfortunately, a good deal of Touch the Music is devoted to vacuous interviews with Glennie, who seems positively incapable of saying anything substantial. Full Review |
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B- |
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. Full Review |
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Click to read the article Full Review |
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4/4 |
Bold and often thrilling film. Full Review |
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8/10 |
An often-lovely impressionistic look at the life of a famous avant-garde percussionist who generates a wonderful world of sound, despite being deaf. Full Review |
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