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Ravel's brain / Bullfrog Films presents ; a Rhombus Media and Ideale Audience production in association with Swiss Television DRS and Telefilm Canada ; a film by Larry Weinstein ; directed and written by Larry Weinstein ; producers, Niv Fichman, Pierre-Olivier Bardet, Larry Weinstein.
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ravel, Maurice, 1875-1937.
- Ravel, Maurice.
- Composers--France--Biography.
- Composers.
- France.
- Aphasia.
- Aphasic persons.
- Apraxia.
- Brain--Diseases.
- Brain.
- Psychomotor disorders.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Documentary films.
- Biographical films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 streaming video file (52 min.) : digital, sound, color with black and white sequences
- Place of Publication:
- [Oley, Pennsylvania] : [Distributed by] Bullfrog Films, [2019]
- Language Note:
- In English and French with English subtitles.
- System Details:
- System requirements: Firefox 4 and up; Safari 5.0 and up; Chrome version 21 and up; Internet Explorer 8 and up; Flash or HTML5 player.
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- video file
- Summary:
- The film portrays the inner being of a great artist who was rendered incapable of communicating with the outside world. For the last five years of his life, Maurice Ravel was the victim of his own lamentable circumstances. Afflicted with aphasia and apraxia, his brain produced music, but he was unable to write it down.
- Participant:
- Richard Cowan [and 3 others].
- Credits:
- Editor, David New ; director of photography, Horst Zeidler ; music, Maurice Ravel ; original score, Alex Pauk, Alexina Louie.
- Notes:
- Title from title frames.
- Originally produced by: Rhombus Media and Ideale Audience, ©2000; previously released in 2001.
- Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed May 29, 2019).
- Publisher Number:
- bf-rb Docuseek2
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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