Like superior tracks on an exhausting double album, the individual moments of wonder in Touch The Sound are too powerful to dismiss.
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09/26/05
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Touch the Sound (2006)
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Reviews Counted:49
Fresh:43
Rotten:6
Average Rating:7.4/10
Consensus: Not only does this documentary introduce viewers to Glennie, it gives them a taste of how she perceives the world.
Theatrical Release:Sep 7, 2005 Limited
Synopsis: In RIVERS AND TIDES, German documentarian Thomas Riedelsheimer explored the enchanting and hypnotic "nature" art-installations of Andy Goldsworthy. Now, with TOUCH THE SOUND, he turns his camera on... [More]
Director: Thomas Riedelsheimer
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10/15/05
It's a cinematically masterful portrait even if its subject falls short of expectations.
07/25/05
[A] fascinating portrait.
04/15/09
Top CriticWe listen to this film more intensely than is usually the case.
10/13/05
Top CriticBeautifully shot and filled with gorgeous music, but one of the most inspiring things about it is the way it erases the idea of Glennie's deafness as a handicap.
10/13/05
Top CriticExquisitely beautiful for the eyes as for the ears.
08/11/05
Glennie's accomplishments in music are as unexpected and against all norms as are Lance Armstrong's in sports.
08/17/05
It's a spacious, hauntingly meditative film that thankfully does not dwell on the implications of Glennie's deafness.
09/23/05
It will be frustrating if you expect narrative and linear development. But if you take it on as a new point of view, valuable even if you don't completely comprehend it yet, Touch the Sound is worth the trip.
12/02/05
The movie makes an interesting addition to what could become Riedelsheimer's evolving and extraordinary gallery of movies that bring the creative process to life.
12/02/05
Top CriticIt's a cliché to find inspiration in other people's disabilities, but the truth is that Glennie would be inspiring whether she could hear or not. Her joyful enthusiasm for life is that great.
09/09/05
You'll either sail along with it contentedly, or you'll start to think halfway through that maybe the movie could have been a lot shorter and made its points just as well.
10/30/05
This 'sound journey' (as the subtitle of the film calls it) has much to like and recommend.
10/06/05
Doesn't touch Glennie's greatness.
09/06/05
It doesn't help when Glennie tries to elucidate her feelings about nature and music in holistic, broad strokes that border on nonsense.
05/07/06
A nice introduction to an artist mostly unknown to the general public... but one that needs to focus more on its strengths and less on outside influences.
09/09/05
[T]his is a film that leaves strong reverberations and a pleasant, sense-scrambled high.
11/28/05
Top CriticGlennie and Reidelsheimer prove equally adept at tapping into found sound and transforming it into art.
09/23/05
Rewarding, thought-provoking and subtly visceral.
09/01/05
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