The first truly comprehensive feature length cinema documentary ever made about Beethoven. With over 60 live performances.... (Full plot summary below)
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The first truly comprehensive feature length cinema documentary ever made about Beethoven. With over 60 live performances.
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| Sydney Morning HeraldPaul ByrnesAs good as the film is, Beethoven remains mysterious. He refuses to roll over, so to speak. |
| Sunday Times (Australia)Gavin BondDespite its excessive length, this reverential doco will enthuse fans, historians and even those, like yours truly, whose familiarity with Beethoven is limited to the opening strains of his 5th Symphony. |
| FILMINK (Australia)Mark DemetriusIt features over sixty live performances, and there are a few pompous musicians and musicologists among the interviewees. But the engaging ones comfortably outnumber them... |
| Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsGrabsky's appreciation of Ludwig van Beethoven follows the familiar contours, but it pays attention to the humanizing specifics that bring us closer to the subject. |
| The Age (Australia)Philippa HawkerBeethoven's creative life, with all its achievements, cannot easily be reconciled with the image of a difficult, solitary figure, shadowed by depression. Grabsky, to his credit, doesn't try to make one life fit the other, but manages to illuminate both. |
| Boston GlobeJeremy EichlerGrabsky’s goal appears to have been more circumscribed: an introduction to the composer that speaks to both the classical newcomer and someone who has loved this music for years but pieced together its back story only from hundreds of disconnected program notes. |
| Slant MagazineRob HumanickAfter the monotonous guide through history that was In Search of Mozart, Phil Grabsky's follow-up plays like a much-needed shot of adrenaline to the brain. |
| New York PostV.A. MusettoWhat made Ludwig such a great musician? The documentary In Search of Beethoven, directed by Phil Grabsky, answers that question reasonably well. |
| Village VoiceAndrew SchenkerThe film's real resource is its impressive array of talking heads, their intimate familiarity with the music, and their ability to impart graspable insight. |
| Time OutSteve SmithThe results do justice to a complex genius whose impact can scarcely be overstated. |
