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This is one of those documentaries that get by, not on their own quality but on the richness of their subjects. Arthur Rubinstein is a full bounty, as much a great pianist as a cosmic romantic force. Unhappily, French Co-Director François Reichenbach is a sloppy, indiscriminate documentarian. His last contribution was the scrambled paean to the glories of rock culture, The Medicine Ball Caravan (1971). The Rubinstein film betrays the same makeshift style, the same kind of groupie's reverence. It does not serve Rubinstein well, but serving him at all makes the film notable...
Quick! Which Harvard intercollegiate squad boasts a 20-3 record, ragtime pianist Eubie Blake as an honorary member and a coach's room which is really a broom closet on the fifth floor of the IAB? Well? All right it's the Harvard Classics, renowned round-ballers and resident basketball buffoons...
...those who are less creative, Pianist Klein is setting up a company to sell prerecorded answering tapes that will respond to callers with anything from no-nonsense direct greetings to 16-track orchestrated production numbers with voiceovers. Says Klein: "Answering machines make people uptight. Maybe our tapes will make life a little easier for them...
Music of Bach, Schubert, Chopin, and Ravel; Boaz Sharon, pianist; Adams House...
Schumann's Kreiseleriania, Music in G by Hugo Horden, and Odeur (lamar) by Thomas Orowan; Thomas Orowan, pianist; Mather Dining Hall...