A finely crafted horror film with a devious storyline and hauntingly beautiful production design that together are the stuff of nightmares.
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The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes (2006)
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Reviews Counted:40
Fresh:17
Rotten:23
Average Rating:5.6/10
Consensus: Though visually stunning and brilliantly original, the film fails to resonate emotionally.
Theatrical Release:Nov 17, 2006 Limited
Synopsis: THE PIANO TUNER OF EARTHQUAKES is a dark and twisted fairytale filled with bizarrely beautiful imagery. The story concerns a doctor who kidnaps a stunning opera singer with desires of keeping her... [More]
Starring: Gottfried John, Assumpta Serna, Amira Casar
Director: Timothy Quay, Stephen Quay
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04/28/07
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05/12/07
blends live action and animation to create a surreal hermetic vision that is as beautifully seductive as it is chillingly inaccessible.
08/02/07
This opaque tale offers meticulously crafted atmosphere, but rather less passion or drama.
01/05/07
It's a hauntingly effective, poetic mood piece but an exasperating drama.
01/19/07
The narrative fails to be as colorful as the title.
06/07/09
Is 'Piano Tuner of Earthquakes' a tease of an anti-movie or, for most, an exercise in empty technique?
11/16/06
It's probably best to approach the Quay Brothers' dreamlike fantasy (which they call 'poetic science-fiction') with the understanding that you'll never quite know what's going on.
11/17/06
The second feature from Quay Brothers, an uneasy, often intriguing foray into live-action from a tesm known for their animated shorts, is a risk-taking experimental film, but despite startling visuals, it's difficult to follow the unclear narrative
11/20/06
"Eraserhead" without the yucks.
11/18/06
The music is gorgeously classical and some of the images are memorable and haunting, but experiencing the film is near-torture.
12/01/06
There’s much here to enjoy.
02/09/06
As in most of the Quays' fantasias, the narrative is oblique and slow moving but the florid visuals are rife with sexual and psychological overtones.
01/05/07
One for fans only.
11/01/05
Stephen and Timothy Quay merge live-action and animation to create a tragic fantasy about a beautiful opera singer, a lovesick piano tuner and the mad scientist with plans for both of them.
11/16/06
Top CriticThe story proves to be elusive, and the robotic performances of the cast make it hard to care about any of the characters -- or to try to figure out what's supposed to be going on.
02/08/07
Characters slowly whisper their dialogue to one another in scenes that would put the dead to sleep.
12/07/06
That something as elusive as this gothicized, imagist romance from the curious Quay brothers should be considered their most accessible film might be considered odd. But so might they.
11/16/06
Top CriticWhat the movie lacks in acting and coherence, it more than makes up for through imagery.
03/02/07
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