Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts

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Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts

2007

1h 55m

Documentary

Music

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A documentary about American composer Philip Glass.

Evan Williams

The Australian

11/19/2008

4/5

Hicks has made one of the best films I have seen about the mind of a creative artist.

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Jim Schembri

The Age (Australia)

11/14/2008

3.5/5

There is a genuine warmth to the film that is underscored by Glass' modesty, a quality both fans and non-fans will respond to.

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David Stratton

At the Movies (Australia)

11/14/2008

3/5

This is an exhaustive and at times exhausting documentary; it's well made and revealing but it required much more editing...

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Simon Foster

sbs.com.au

08/09/2010

Hicks the fan never gets in the way of Hicks the documentarian - he paints Glass as a musical genius but also as the eccentric, fiery, temperamental artist he can be.

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Jeffrey Chen

ReelTalk Movie Reviews

08/22/2009

7/10

Doesn't necessarily reveal the insight behind the composer's unique brand of music so much as display the working mode of a passionate artist.

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Christopher Long

Movie Metropolis

07/26/2009

Hicks avoids many of the pitfalls of artist portraits by grounding the musician firmly in every day reality.

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09/07/2012

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02/24/2012

An utterly superb, often hilarious, hugely informative study of the world's greatest working composer. Astonishing and touching, Glass is every bit as affable, intelligent and enigmatic as his superb, varied, mathematically structured compositions would lead you to believe.

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10/16/2011

This documentary focuses on Philipp Glass's personal life while I actually expected to see more of the struggling process of his composing work and stuff. Still, this is a quite interesting piece as one still gets to listen to Glass's music.

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08/03/2011

Wonderful portrait of Phillip Glass, beautifully told and very revealing.

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03/06/2011

Phillip Glass is a genius and his life and work are so inspiring.

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02/12/2011

Fav! Awesome doco about an awesome composer!

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Scott Hicks

Director

Scott Hicks

Producer

Susane Preissler

Producer

Kerry Heysen

Executive Producer

Roger Sexton

Executive Producer

Scott Hicks

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Synopsis

A documentary about American composer Philip Glass.

Director: Scott Hicks
Producer: Scott Hicks, Susane Preissler
Production Co: Kino Films
Genre: Documentary, Music
Original Language: English
Release Date (DVD): Apr 21, 2009
Box Office (Gross USA): $20.0K
Runtime: 1h 55m