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NOW AVAILABLE AS A DELUXE 2-DVD SET
INCLUDING OVER 3 HOURS OF EXCLUSIVE EXTRAS:
Bonus Performances, Additional Philip Glass Interview Footage
Deleted/Extended Scenes, Director’s Commentary
PLUS Booklet with Scott Hicks’ Production Notes
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Philip Glass’s achievements in music – film scores, operas, symphonies – make him
one of the most important composers of our era, crossing divides between elitist
concert halls and popular venues. His minimalist compositions are so iconic that
he has been featured as a character on The Simpsons.
Director Scott Hicks demonstrated his own knack for popularizing classical music
in his 1996 film Shine about the pianist David Helfgott. In GLASS: a portrait
of Philip in twelve parts, Hicks traces an eventful year in Glass’s life,
as he stages the opera Waiting for the Barbarians, writes his eighth symphony,
takes his annual ride on the Cyclone roller coaster, scores several films, travels
to three continents, and maintains a family with his fourth wife, Holly.
Allowed unprecedented access to Glass’ working process, family life, spiritual teachers
and long time collaborators, Hicks gives us a unique glimpse behind the curtain
into the life of a surprising and complex man. We discover how Glass draws upon
the East and the West, the spiritual and the earthy, the serious and the playful.
On one day, he reminisces with Ravi Shankar; on another, he talks shop with Woody
Allen. Glass’s tremendous contribution to film is illuminated through interviews
with Errol Morris (The Thin Blue Line), Godfrey Reggio (Koyaanisqatsi)
and Martin Scorsese (Kundun).
What distinguishes the film from other documentary portraits is the delicate intimacy
achieved by Hicks, who operates the camera himself. GLASS: a portrait of Philip
in twelve parts is a remarkable mosaic portrait of one of the greatest - and
at times controversial - artists of this or any era.
For more information, visit www.glassthemovie.com
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