Yehudi Menuhin

1 more product image	Directed by Tony Palmer Starring: Yehudi Menuhin Image Entertainment, 1990, DVD Customer Rating: 6 reviews Recommend This product is currently not available and cannot be purchased. It means that we have no merchant offers for this product at the moment or it was discontinued by the manufacturer.

Image Entertainment, 1990, DVD

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Product Details

Title: Yehudi Menuhin
Sales Rank: 110899 in DVD
Actor: Yehudi Menuhin
Director: Tony Palmer
Studio: Image Entertainment, 2001-06-19, Theatrical Release: 1990
Format: Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC, Acpect Ratio 1.33:1
Languages: English (Original Language)
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region Code: 1
Running Time: 105 minutes
Package Dimensions: 7.4 x 5.4 x 0.6 inches, 0.2 pounds

Customer Reviews

An intimate portrait and documentary of the man: A few comments on this one: I'm not quite quite sure why some reviewers become "disappointed" that there is more talk versus play in this DVD because it is, after all, a portrait documentary of the man versus so many other DVD's where his playing becomes the highlight with a miniumum of talk or indeed, and in this documentary, multiple family input… More reviews

A One Sided View: This series of interviews provides an interesting contrast to much of what we know of Yehudi Menuhin. At the time it was produced, I believe as a television program, Menuhin was a strong presence in Great Britain and his remarkable life was fairly well known. Mr. Palmer's work would seem to color his life with some disturbing psychological issues. One problem with the film… More reviews

MENUHIN - A Family Portrait: I wanted to try and say a few words in defence of this film.
Writer/director Tony Palmer's work may already be familiar to you through some of his other musical documentaries ... like his profile of William Walton ("At The Haunted End of The Day") and documentaries on Callas, Benjamin Britten, Stravinsky ("Once, at a border"), Shostakovich and the eight or nine hour… More reviews

Do not buy this: When I bought this DVD, I thought I was buying a video of Menuhin playing the violin, but what I got was a story about Menuhin as a person and not a very good documentary at that. This focuses too much on Menuhin as a father, don't buy it.… More reviews

Disappointing for its lack of performance content: If you're looking for a video of Menuhin with any substantial amount of performance footage you'll be very disappointed in this video. Theres never more than a few seconds of Yehudi in performance. If you're looking for an in depth documentary on the life of this great violinist you'll also be sorely disappointed. There is no continuity and flow to the video. Yehudi's life story isn't really told… More reviews