Touch The Sound (Evelyn Glennie/DTS)

 

Picture: C+     Sound: B     Extras: C+     Documentary: B-

 

 

Evelyn Glennie is a musician who happens to be deaf and Thomas Riedelsheimer’s Touch The Sound (2005) is about her life and the surprise of a deaf musician who also happens to be excellent at what she does.  What could have been warm, fuzzy and phony instead becomes an exploration of the world in ways many would ignore.  They say sight is 85% of average perception, so it turns out to be a world she knows better than most ion ironic ways, because she feels the rhythm, not sees it.  Therefore, she is deeply sensing what most people are not paying attention to.

 

It becomes both a music lesson and lesson on life, though some of the aspects might still be a little more than obvious.  However, it is the new angles worth enjoying during the nearly 100 minutes of the program and that is why it is worth gong out of your way for at least once.  It also kills the ignorant joke(s) about deaf musicians.

 

The anamorphically enhance, HD videotaped 16 X 9/1.78 X 1 image is not bad, though it can be dull and lack detail in more than a few shots.  For a documentary, that is fine.  The 5.1 Dolby Digital mix is good, but the DTS mix is better, warmer and rich as is usually the case.  Extras include text filmmaker bio, Glennie bio, making of featurette and deleted scenes.

 

 

-   Nicholas Sheffo