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Seymour: An Introduction

  • 2014
  • PG
  • 1h 24min
VALUTAZIONE IMDb
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Seymour: An Introduction (2014)
Director Ethan Hawke explores the life and lessons of piano teacher Seymour Bernstein.
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Aggiungi una trama nella tua linguaMeet Seymour Bernstein: a beloved pianist, teacher and true inspiration who shares eye-opening insights from an amazing life. Ethan Hawke helms this poignant guide to life.Meet Seymour Bernstein: a beloved pianist, teacher and true inspiration who shares eye-opening insights from an amazing life. Ethan Hawke helms this poignant guide to life.Meet Seymour Bernstein: a beloved pianist, teacher and true inspiration who shares eye-opening insights from an amazing life. Ethan Hawke helms this poignant guide to life.

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    • Ethan Hawke
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    • Seymour Bernstein
    • Ethan Hawke
    • Sam Bachelder
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  • VALUTAZIONE IMDb
    7,5/10
    1211
    LA TUA VALUTAZIONE
    • Regia
      • Ethan Hawke
    • Star
      • Seymour Bernstein
      • Ethan Hawke
      • Sam Bachelder
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    Seymour Bernstein
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    Sam Bachelder
    • Self - Interviewee
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    Andrew Harvey
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    Joseph Smith
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    Liam Kaplan
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    7proud_luddite

    An amiable documentary subject

    Ethan Hawke directs and appears in this American documentary whose subject is Seymour Bernstein, a renowned pianist who stopped performing in concerts at age fifty and began teaching.

    Bernstein is a delightful man in his eighties whose philosophies of life interchange with those of his art. During the film, he mentors Hawke who is now reflecting on his own choices of life and art.

    Some of the best dialogue occurs at the beginning and end of the film when the amiable Bernstein speaks of the conflict of trying to mix the inner soul of an artist with the outer commercial and social worlds. It is also fascinating to hear him speak of nervousness before performing. More movie time, however, is spent in his teaching techniques. While this is less interesting than the other discussions, this remains a fine film overall.

    There is genuine modesty in Bernstein's personality (compare him to the many less talented people who hire publicists) and likewise that of Hawke for openly admitting his own insecurities. And there is nearly always beautiful classical piano music in the background.
    10dianajade-47643

    Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful!

    Seymour: an Introduction is one of the most touching films I've watched. The title character, Seymour, is charming beyond words. He is beautifully portrayed by Ethan Hawke. The film provides candid interviews with former students and notables of the world of classical music. Each glimpse of this master teacher brings the audience closer to seeing a natural-born teacher in his element. Seymour has mastered the art of inspiring his students to reach the beyond their limits to create the best music they can. Seymour himself seems to magically sprinkle fairy dust on every piano he touches! He is an inspiration to both pianists and non-pianists everywhere. This film will, hopefully, in time, become a classic.
    10kuhlmawi

    A Fantastic Film about an important cultural Icon

    As a musician of 50 years standing and an international teaching and performing career, I can honestly say, this movie was a "stunner". Professor Bernstein embodies all of those qualities of a teacher, a performer and a wise professor of life and culture that we all emulate and have tried in our careers to articulate. He is more than a "guru" but an icon of performance practice and pedagogy that will stand the test of time in this important and beautiful film.

    Ethan Hawke should be commended and lauded for bringing this important man and his wisdom to light in this profound way.

    In my opinion, this film should be "required viewing" for every pedagogue, music lover, and aspiring performer. It should (at least) be in the library of every university, music school and college in the country.

    Fantastic film and the best music film I have ever seen.
    9larrys3

    Exceptional Documentary

    This is an exceptional documentary centering on Seymour Bernstein, the classical pianist, composer, and teacher. Now 88-years-old, he retired from concert appearances at age 50 to devote more time to teaching and mentoring others. Bernstein had me rather mesmerized with his distinctive tones, as he spins fascinating stories and anecdotes from his life, adding some quite profound words of wisdom that he's gathered over his lifetime.

    The superb actor Ethan Hawke directs the documentary, and I read that he regards Bernstein as a mentor of his. Both men during the interviews, reveal some very personal aspects of their life, including stage fright and how to get fulfillment for the remainder of their time on this earth.

    Overall, I was totally engaged, from start to finish, in this remarkable movie, and there's some wonderful classical music to enjoy as well.
    10vicki_kozel

    Hope more people will see and review this film.

    Sane, clean and perfectly put together, this film is a quiet rebellion against vulgarity and sensationalism so prevalent in today's entertainment and art. The documentary is a portrait of a classical pianist, drawn by a movie star, in which a master musician ponders on the relationship between a person and his inner creative self. A topic like this always runs a risk of coming across as abstract and esoteric, which in this film is delightfully not the case. The conversation ends up being about subjects painstakingly relevant to any performer: stage fright (and what an artist should make of it), craft, truthfulness to the source, eccentricity versus authenticity, teaching, artistic bravery and success.

    The film is filled with wonderful stories like this one: drafted into the army during the Korean War, Seymour finds himself marching for miles tirelessly while his fellow soldiers, seemingly stronger and more fit than he is, faint of exhaustion. He attributes his endurance to his "musician mind set", an explanation, both, unexpected and convincing in the context of the film.

    Seymour's every action is motivated by honesty. If there was a stage in his life where he did not feel completely in peace internally, he corrects that eventually, always bringing himself to a state of a perfect inner comfort. There are a few examples of these struggles in the film – the most notable one, of course, is Seymour quitting his successful concert pianist career in favor of teaching.

    Very appropriately, the film mimics its subject in its honesty and uncompromising taste. Unfortunately, it also does so in its limited popularity. Call me naive, but I really don't get how a piece of nonsense like Fifty Shades of Grey grows in its media presence with every new bad review it gets, and how a treasure like "Seymour…" gets overlooked by 99.9% of cinema goers.

    One more thing. The film is a visual and musical feast. From Seymour's shaded solitary apartment in Manhattan, to the breathtakingly beautiful views of Central Park, to the Rotunda of Steinway Hall, to piano pieces by Chopin, Schumann, Beethoven and Bach, there are countless delicacies for the audiences to savor. If the film had no other merits, but cinematography and musical score, it'd be still worth watching.

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      The title of the film is an homage to the J. D. Salinger novella, Seymour: An Introduction (1959), one of Salinger's "Glass family" stories that introduces the character of Buddy Glass's brother, Seymour.
    • Citazioni

      Seymour Bernstein: Let us shed our guilt concerning the soft pedal.

    • Connessioni
      Featured in The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: Ethan Hawke/Willie & Korie Robertson/Alt-J (2015)
    • Colonne sonore
      Drei Klavierstucke, II
      written by Franz Schubert

      performed by Seymour Bernstein

      courtesy of Seeless Productions, Inc. / Manduca Music

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    • Data di uscita
      • 10 settembre 2015 (Paesi Bassi)
    • Paese di origine
      • Stati Uniti
    • Sito ufficiale
      • Official site (Japan)
    • Lingua
      • Inglese
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      • Сеймур: Краткое представление
    • Luoghi delle riprese
      • New York, New York, Stati Uniti
    • Aziende produttrici
      • Room 5 Films
      • Under the Influence Productions
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      • 15 mar 2015
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