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The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes (2006)
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Reviews Counted:12
Fresh:8
Rotten:4
Average Rating:6.5/10
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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Reviews for The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes
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Top CriticWhat the movie lacks in acting and coherence, it more than makes up for through imagery.
03/02/07
Top CriticIt's a hauntingly effective, poetic mood piece but an exasperating drama.
01/19/07
Top CriticThis opaque tale offers meticulously crafted atmosphere, but rather less passion or drama.
01/05/07
Top CriticAs 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
Top CriticThe whole movie feels filmed through the wrong end of a stereopticon: stiff, fascinating, riddled with secrets it doesn't care to divulge.
12/01/06
Top Critic... those who can surrender to the Quays' poetic logic will find "The Piano Tuner" to be nothing short of a masterpiece.
11/30/06
Top CriticWhat we are seeing is the most rational irrationality—and all sheer artifice anyway.
11/21/06
Top CriticMainstream audiences will be put off by the lack of a straightforward narrative, but adventurous moviegoers will find pleasure in the hypnotic originality of the images.
11/17/06
Top CriticIt'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
Top CriticStephen 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 CriticThat 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 CriticA finely crafted horror film with a devious storyline and hauntingly beautiful production design that together are the stuff of nightmares.
09/10/05
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