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      The Heart Is a Drum Machine

      2009 1h 14m Documentary Music List
      Reviews 64% Audience Score 100+ Ratings Artists and scholars discuss the question, what is music? Read More Read Less

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      Audience Member cool in parts with the people i wanted to see. kind of a huge douche-fest otherwise. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/12/23 Full Review Audience Member Quirky movie that looks to scientists and musicians to answer the question "What is music?". I found the interviews with the damaged musicians pretty entertaining. I recommend it to those who enjoy creating music. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/13/23 Full Review Audience Member A mixed bag of interviews about the nature of music. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/16/23 Full Review Audience Member Aside from the John Frusciante unedited interview its pretty much cack. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/20/23 Full Review Audience Member I'm always up for listening in on an interesting discussion of what music is, but this documentary is far too unfocused to get much out of it. Imagine, if you will, over an hour of scientists and people in the music industry (and oddly, film actors) talking about what their opinion of music is. Instead of being enlightening, it ends up sounding just... pretentious most of the time, if not downright pointless. I mean who cares that Julliette Lewis made out to Depeche Mode as a teenager? Then again, Tim & Eric are in it. Their segment made me laugh, for sure. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/23/23 Full Review Audience Member A scientific look at music. Why do we have an emotional response to music? This is the main focus of the film. The problem is that there are many points of view with no real answer. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/30/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Movie Info

      Synopsis Artists and scholars discuss the question, what is music?
      Director
      Christopher Pomerenke
      Producer
      David Bills, Juan Luis Carrera
      Screenwriter
      Hans Fjellestad, Ryan Page, Christopher Pomerenke
      Production Co
      Dreamy Draw Music
      Genre
      Documentary, Music
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Nov 27, 2013
      Runtime
      1h 14m