Ethan hawke met 85yearold seymour bernstein at a dinner party. A chance encounter with actor ethan hawke eventually led to seymour. He was a great many things to a great many people while he lived, and virtually. Loving documentary portrait of pianist seymour bernstein 1927, made by actor and good friend ethan hawke. An introduction allows us to spend time with a generous human being who has found balance and harmony through his love of music. An introduction streaming dvdrip, regarder seymour. Seymour centers on seymour bernstein, an acclaimed pianist who became a renowned piano teacher. An introduction is like receiving a motivational speech from someone who is not just the best at what they do, but also the best person they can possible be. If youre tempted to think oh, whatever, a documentary about an old piano player, based on the subject of this film, i urge you to watch this trailer for seymour. An introduction is an inspiring new documentary by the actor ethan hawke. Varese sarabande will release a soundtrack album for ethan hawkes documentary seymour.
An introduction documentary biography of pianist and teacher seymour bernstein by patrick ivers, film critic 2015 ive been in the steinway hall basement in manhattan where seymour bernstein, who quit a career at 50 two years short of the number of white keys on the piano keyboard, hes now 88, same number as the keys on a piano keyboard as a concert pianist. With seymour bernstein, ethan hawke, sam bachelor, jiyang chen. An introduction, a documentary about the life and philosophy of seymour bernstein. An introduction makes it clear that hes learned as much. Salinger has written much about the glass family before, but he fits the backstory in here, in case you missed it. An introduction see all trailers music title data, credits, and images provided by amg movie title data, credits, and poster art provided by imdb video and images provided by iva. While i know i know its only about 120th of the completed film and that its also possible focus didnt want to release anything too revealing, if only to preserve the element of surprise it only feels stagey in the most traditional. An interrogation, because while the film lays out bernsteins life story and his perceptions on art, and explores his talent, hawke makes clear from the outset that he chose bernstein as a subject the two met when seated next to each other at a dinner party in order to explore questions hyphenate hawke the. A portrait of the artist as an older man the new yorker. The paper should demonstrate the critical skills and terminology you have learned in this course. A poignant guide to life indiewire and an engaging exploration on the dedication, perseverance, and fortitude essential to creating both art and a rewarding life, seymour. The film opens with me at my piano, practicing a scarlatti piece, and i kept missing a leap that was already a struggle. In this wonderfully warm, witty, and intimate tribute from his friend, ethan hawke, seymour shares unforgettable stories. An introduction gives viewers a soaring, sublime and enduringly meaningful glimpse of.
Raise high the roof beam, carpenters 1955 and seymour. Winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. Introduction to film film analysis paper as part of this course, you are to write a 56 page excluding works cited page. David dobkins film the judge, starring robert downey jr. An introduction is on netflix, and get news and updates, on decider. One sunday morning, while my parents and three sisters were sleeping on the second floor of our home in newark, nj, i crept downstairs and could not wait to read through the new book my teacher had given me. I have been struggling recently with finding out why it is that i do what i do, confesses the actor, seemingly in the. And one neednt be a music aficionado, or a musician, to appreciate the modest erudition coming from this man. A loving portrait of an acclaimed classical pianist seymour. Starring musician ben dickey as the titular blaze foley, this indie biopic feels like a natural followup to hawkes last directorial effort, seymour. I do not require a title page analysis of a single film.
Throughout the last couple decades, seymour has retired from performing and has found a calling in giving piano lessons to players of all skill levels. An introduction trailer is a great first look at the film. This film concerns foley, an arkansasborn but texasraised singersongwriter who was killed at the young age of 39. The soundtrack will be released digitally on april 14, 2015 and is now available for preorder on amazon, where you can als listen to audio clips. The writers eldest brother, seymour, committed suicide in 1948, when he was 31. The acute musical selections only add to our appreciation of seymours. Hawkes film is very well crafted, tightly edited and elegantly photographed. Keira knightley gets theatrical in 6minute clip from joe. Ethan hawkes directorial debut profiles the wit and wisdom of pianist and teacher seymour bernstein. A loving portrait of an acclaimed classical pianist. In this wonderfully warm, witty, and intimate tribute from his friend, ethan hawke, seymour shares unforgettable stories from his remarkable life and eyeopening words of wisdom, as well as insightful reflections on art. Hawke reveals how bernstein passed up on a brilliant artistic career because he wasnt a performer and thought passing on knowledge was more important. Directed by ethan hawke, the film documents the career of seymour bernstein, a classical.
But when he was about fifty, as he recounts in the beguiling film seymour. Seymour bernstein has been training concert pianists. Little, brown republished them in this anthology in 1963. In this wonderfully warm, witty, and intimate tribute from his friend, ethan hawke, seymour shares unforgettable stories from his remarkable life and eyeopening words of wisdom, as well as insightful reflections on art, creativity, and the search for. When searching for the seed of a film project, its awfully helpful when that seed falls into your lap.
Copresented by tucson symphony orchestra and the loft cinema meet seymour bernstein. Says the 88 year old piano teacher and composer seymour bernstein. An introduction allows us to spend time with a generous human being. This film directed by ethan hawke is a bighearted documentary of a pianist, composer, teacher, philosopher and ultimate new yorker. Salinger, which were previously published in the new yorker. As the title suggests, the story represents an attempt by buddy glass to introduce the reader to his brother seymour, who had committed suicide in 1948.
An introduction, because of the very nature of his subject. Hawke might have more appropriately called his short feature seymour. An introduction is just that not too much biography, or history. The 39th annual toronto international film festival was held in canada from 414 september 2014. An introduction premiere at the 52nd new york film festival at alice tully hall on sept. An introduction official trailer 1 2015 documentary hd. It was the first time the novellas had appeared in book form. An introduction has implications beyond the realm of teaching, learning or appreciating music. Directed by ethan hawke, the film documents the career of seymour bernstein, a classical pianist who abandoned his rising career as a concert pianist at age 50 to retreat to a more modest, private life as a music educator and composer. An introduction is a 2014 american documentary film. An introduction 2015 starring seymour bernstein on dvd and bluray. The album features original performances and compositions by the film s subject seymour bernstein.
Now, after more than two years of sporadic filming, mr. Where that film was toxic, pessimistic and wildly overblown, seymour. The great classical pianist seymour bernstein is as graceful a speaker as he is a musician, and his voice rings out with wondrous depth and clarity in seymour. Ethan hawke has directed a tender, beautifullooking documentary, and the seymour. An introduction was also originally published in the new yorker in 1959, four years after raise high the roof beam, carpenters.
An introduction soundtrack list movie 2015 tracklist ost list listen to original score and full soundtrack songs, film score list, the playlist of all of the songs played in the movie, who sings them, including end credits. Seymour bernstein started playing the piano as a little boy, and by the time he turned 15. There are seven glass siblings, starting with seymour, who is about to get married. It wasnt staged, it was a real, live moment of a pianist practicing, said bernstein. The album features original performances and compositions by the films subject seymour bernstein. In this wonderfully warm, witty and intimate tribute from his friend, director ethan hawke, seymour shares unforgettable stories from his remarkable life and eyeopening words of wisdom, as well as insightful reflections on art, creativity and the search for. A little chaos, a british period drama directed by alan rickman and starring kate winslet closed the festival. The soundtrack will be released digitally on april 14, 2015 and is now available. Seymour bernstein, a genius pianist whose ideas on creativity, craft, and performance hawke admits reflect his own. An introduction is a single volume featuring two novellas by j. T o some extent, ethan hawke has a foolproof head start with his first documentary film, seymour.
The studio behind the hunger games franchise which introduced the late philip seymour hoffman as plutarch heavensbee in last years catching fire has released a statement on the actors passing. An introduction 2014 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Looking back on hawkes career, i realize hes actually done quite well by. More films for each section were announced on 12 august, with the lineup.
Born in 1927, bernstein is a formerly celebrated musician who has performed in. That documentary examined the life of seymour bernstein, a piano teacher with wise life lessons as curated by failure and regret. An introduction, he arranged a recital at new yorks 92nd street y and told nobody not even his mother that it. The film concludes with a rare public performance by the pianist, but. Watch on ifc films unlimited with prime video channels.
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