Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts

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Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts

2007

1h 55m

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Music

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A documentary about American composer Philip Glass.

Jeremy Eichler

Boston Globe

Rated: 2/4

Nov 24, 2011

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Hank Sartin

Time Out

Rated: 3/5

Nov 16, 2011

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Steve Smith

Time Out

Rated: 5/5

Nov 16, 2011

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Simon Foster

sbs.com.au

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.

Aug 9, 2010

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Jeffrey Chen

ReelTalk Movie Reviews

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.

Rated: 7/10

Aug 22, 2009

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Christopher Long

Movie Metropolis

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

Jul 26, 2009

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Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/25/23

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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.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/26/23

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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.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/07/23

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

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/16/23

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

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

02/01/23

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Fav! Awesome doco about an awesome composer!

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

02/07/23

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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