Critic Reviews
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Jeremy Eichler, Boston Globe
Tells the story of its subject in a clear, accessible, and gimmick-free manner while still preserving, or perhaps even cultivating, a core sense of wonder at the creative monuments he bequeathed to us all.
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Joshua Kosman, San Francisco Chronicle
In Search of Beethoven trudges through the composer's life and works, pausing along the way for the usual smorgasbord of talking heads and performance clips. The results are shapeless, drab and mostly predictable.
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Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times
With In Search of Beethoven, documentarian Phil Grabsky has created a splendid work that will be a revelation to the uninitiated and a joy to music lovers.
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Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune
Grabsky'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.
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J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader
Grabsky does manage to convey how shockingly dramatic Beethoven's music seemed to the first people who heard it, and the musicians' sensitivity and articulation--both verbal and musical -- fire this chronicle of one man's extraordinary artistic journey.
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Cast
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Juliet Stevensonas Narrator -
David P. Dawsonas Ludwig Van Beethoven -
Ronald Brautigamas Himself
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Ilona Schmielas Herself
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