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Offline imbetter

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Movies about famous pianists
on: August 08, 2009, 01:34:58 PM
Do any such things exists in English or with English subtitles? German is fine too I guess but my command isn't quite good enough to watch a movie.
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Re: Movies about famous pianists
Reply #1 on: August 08, 2009, 01:43:55 PM
I can only think of Shine and The Pianist, as long as you don't include documentaries in your question.
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Re: Movies about famous pianists
Reply #2 on: August 08, 2009, 01:45:47 PM
Documentaries are fine.
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Re: Movies about famous pianists
Reply #3 on: August 08, 2009, 02:51:26 PM
Sviatoslav Richter - The Enigma:
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There's about Martha Argerich called Evening Talks, but I think you'll have to buy the DVD to see it since I can't find it online, but here's a trailer:


There's also this one on Glenn Gould:


And the Thirty-Two Short Films About Glenn Gould, which aren't much of a movie really:
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And here's a list of films about pianists:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_films_about_pianists
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Re: Movies about famous pianists
Reply #4 on: August 08, 2009, 05:19:54 PM
The are documentaries about Boris Berezovsky, John Ogdon, and Marc-Andre Hamelin, too.
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