Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould

‘I detest audiences. They are a force of evil,’ said Glenn Gould, the renowned pianist and 'interpreter' of JS Bach, who abandoned public performances at the height of his career, aged 32. His legendary eccentricities, tolerated because of his acknowledged genius, concealed a mounting paranoia that eventually isolated him. Nevertheless, Gould, a good looking awkward prodigy, was an attractive subject and he is probably the most-documented performer to date. The fêted anecdotes - his Moscow début, Bernstein’s introductory ‘disclaimer’ to their 1962 Brahms concert at the Carnegie - are included, but this film uses extensive new-found archival footage, excerpts from his diaries and interviews with friends and lovers, to reveal more of the man, the person, and his suitably complicated love life.