Movie Title : In Search of Beethoven Release Date : Apr 17, 2009 Wide Genre Movie :Musical & Performing Arts,Documentary
Mpaa Rating : Unrated
Actors :Juliet Stevenson,David P. Dawson,Ronald Brautigam,Roger Norrington,Bayan Northcott,Ilona Schmiel,Christine Köngden,Cliff Eisen,Jonathan Biss,Giovanni Bietti,Kristian Bezuidenhout,Emanuel Ax,Alban Gerhardt,David Waterman,Gianandrea Noseda,Riccardo Chailly,Hebe Jeffrey,Claudio Abbado,Wiener Symphoniker,Frans Brüggen
Juliet Stevenson (Truly, Madly, Deeply) narrates this straightforward documentary account of the life of composer Ludwig van Beethoven, covering all the major highlights from his birth in 1770 through his death in 1827. Writer-director Phil Grabsky skirts around the option of dramatic period reenactments, and instead opts for an impressionistic approach. He builds much of the film around the basic foundational material of interviews and studio performances of the great man's work by artists including Ronald Brautigam, Emanuel Ax, and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra. Grabsky also offsets Stevenson's traditional chronicle of Beethoven's life with letters from the composer, read by David Dawson, that unveil an intense and almost belligerent side to the musical giant, leavened with offbeat humor. ~ Nathan Southern, Rovi
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Tells the story of its subject in a clear, accessible, and gimmick-free manner while still preserving, or perhaps even cultivating, a core sense of wonder at the creative monuments he bequeathed to us all.Jeremy Eichler-Boston Globe
In Search of Beethoven trudges through the composer's life and works, pausing along the way for the usual smorgasbord of talking heads and performance clips. The results are shapeless, drab and mostly predictable.
Joshua Kosman-San Francisco Chronicle
With In Search of Beethoven, documentarian Phil Grabsky has created a splendid work that will be a revelation to the uninitiated and a joy to music lovers.
Kevin Thomas-Los Angeles Times
Grabsky's appreciation of Ludwig van Beethoven follows the familiar contours, but it pays attention to the humanizing specifics that bring us closer to the subject.
Michael Phillips-Chicago Tribune
Grabsky does manage to convey how shockingly dramatic Beethoven's music seemed to the first people who heard it, and the musicians' sensitivity and articulation--both verbal and musical -- fire this chronicle of one man's extraordinary artistic journey.
J. R. Jones-Chicago Reader
What made Ludwig such a great musician? The documentary In Search of Beethoven, directed by Phil Grabsky, answers that question reasonably well.
V.A. Musetto-New York Post
Illuminating bio of musical genius hits a few flat notes.
Don Groves-sbs.com.au
Puts far more focus on a Wikipedia-shallow explanation of the composer's various compositions than on his tumultuous life.
Phil Hall-Film Threat
[Grabsky] is documenting the life of Beethoven, he is illustrating the life with brilliant concert performers playing the music, but he is also having those same experts talking about what is in the music itself.
Mark R. Leeper-rec.arts.movies.reviews
An intriguing portrait of the man as a hopeless romantic, a smack-talking punk, a sickly individual tormented by his deafness and thoughts of suicide, and an "eternal optimist."
Shaula Clark-Boston Phoenix
There are too many snippets of music, too many talking heads, too little to define that great arc of the composer's life and spiritual development. But no one who cares about the man and his music will miss it. For that I give credit to its subject.
Evan Williams-The Australian
Beethoven's creative life, with all its achievements, cannot easily be reconciled with the image of a difficult, solitary figure, shadowed by depression. Grabsky, to his credit, doesn't try to make one life fit the other, but manages to illuminate both.
Philippa Hawker-The Age (Australia)
As good as the film is, Beethoven remains mysterious. He refuses to roll over, so to speak.
Paul Byrnes-Sydney Morning Herald
Despite its excessive length, this reverential doco will enthuse fans, historians and even those, like yours truly, whose familiarity with Beethoven is limited to the opening strains of his 5th Symphony.
Gavin Bond-Sunday Times (Australia)
It features over sixty live performances, and there are a few pompous musicians and musicologists among the interviewees. But the engaging ones comfortably outnumber them...
Mark Demetrius-FILMINK (Australia)
Just as Beethoven's composing process is equated to that of a sculptor like Michelangelo, Grabsky has sculpted a mesmerising film ripe with crescendos and modulations that allow us an even greater appreciation of the man's music
Louise Keller-Urban Cinefile
A well-researched documentary that's equally illuminating and captivating.
Avi Offer-NYC Movie Guru
After the monotonous guide through history that was In Search of Mozart, Phil Grabsky's follow-up plays like a much-needed shot of adrenaline to the brain.
Rob Humanick-Slant Magazine
A visual biography that employs scores of live performances reimagining the masterâ(TM)s infinite range -- from raging to ethereal.
Matthew Nestel-Boxoffice Magazine
A perfect companion piece to "In Search of Mozart". A fully realized introduction to the man and his music that makes you want to listen to his entire body of work even if you think you have become jaded by one too many performances of the Moonlight Sonat
Louis Proyect-rec.arts.movies.reviews
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