Theremin - An Electronic Odyssey
by Steven M. Martin
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Actor: Clara Rockmore, Leon Theremin, Nicolas Slonimsky, Paul Shure, Robert MoogDirector: Steven M. Martin
Writer: Steven M. Martin
Producer: Amy Smith
Producer: Brian Kelly
Producer: Frank G. DeMarco
Producer: Kate Carty
Producer: Loretta Farb
Producer: Robert Stone
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 83 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2001-07-24
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
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Summary: 3 Stars
A gifted scientist and musician, Leon Theramin was the darling the music scene when he introduced his paradigm shifting instrument in the 1920's. He pioneered electronic music, lived the good life and rubbed elbows with New York's upper crust. He challenged social paradigms as well, marrying a black woman decades before the civil rights movement brought the United States to its senses. Then he disappeared, supposedly spirited away by the KGB in broad daylight. Rumors of his death circulated, but in fact, Theramin spent the next sixty years or so of his life in prison and developing espionage technology for the KGB.
This is his story told through interviews and archival footage. Although the documentary doesn't flow as well as it could, Theramin's life story is riveting.
Summary of Theremin - An Electronic Odyssey
The stranger-than-fiction true story of the father of electronic music is captivatingly told in this highly acclaimed and endlessly surprising documentary (Leonard Maltin) that garnered the prestigious Filmmakers Trophy at the 1994 Sundance Film Festival. Set against the backdrop of the instrument's ethereal sound, Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey is nothing short of sensational! In the 1920s and 30s, Russian ?migr? Leonard Thereminthe inventor of the world's first electronic musical instrumenthad it all. His self-named theremins were in high demand from filmmakers and musicians around the globe; he was married to a beautiful American dancer; he lived among New York's socialelite. And then, in 1938, he mysteriously vanished, not to be seen again for over 50 years!Leon Theremin was the secret link between sci-fi films, the Beach Boys, and Carnegie Hall. His self-named electronic musical instrument--the first of its kind--took the world by storm in the 1920s and '30s. Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey, winner of Sundance's Filmmakers Trophy, explores the inventor's strange life and times, including his mysterious 50-year disappearance beginning in the 1940s. Interviews with theremin virtuoso Clara Rockmore, synthesizer pioneer Robert Moog, and Theremin's contemporaries, as well as clips from movies such as The Day the Earth Stood Still, featuring the unworldly sounds of his creation, show an eccentric genius working toward success until his sudden vanishing in the Soviet Union. Footage of Theremin at 94 years old, finally rediscovered and rewarded for his achievements, brings a celebratory ending to what could be a grim or at least uncertain story, but instead is a fascinating documentary. --Rob Lightner
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