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Reviews. 'Round Midnight. Roger Ebert October 24, 1986. Tweet. Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. In Dexter Gordon's voice in "Round Midnight," there is a quality that at first sounds like a great weariness. As I listened more carefully, however, I realized that there were other notes present.
Soprano and tenor saxophone. Wayne Shorter. Vibes. Bobby Hutcherson. ’Round Midnight is a love letter from director Bertrand Tavernier to the heyday of bebop and the Black American musicians who found refuge in the smoky underground jazz clubs of 1950s Paris.
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Feb 15, 2024 · The Front Row. “ ’Round Midnight,” Revisited: A Feast of Music and Acting. The saxophonist Dexter Gordon has the role of a lifetime in Bertrand Tavernier’s 1986 drama of an American jazz...
'Round Midnight: Directed by Bertrand Tavernier. With Dexter Gordon, François Cluzet, Gabrielle Haker, Sandra Reaves-Phillips. A troubled, but talented musician flees the US to escape his problems, finding refuge and support in Paris.
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Criterion’s new Blu-ray boasts a 4K digital restoration scan that looks every bit as luminous and detailed as one could hope for, and given the variety of indoor and outdoor settings, the stability and balance of the transfer is all the more remarkable. The 2.0 surround DTS-HD Master Audio track packs a wallop, especially when Dexter Gordon lets lo...
In a new interview, jazz critic Gary Giddens details how Tavernier reached out to him after the publication of his negative review of the film in The Village Voice and subsequently became friends. Giddens still has his reservations about certain clichés in ’Round Midnight, especially those pertaining to Black jazz musicians, but as he tells it, he’...
Bertrand Tavernier’s ode to jazz music and late-night Parisian culture gets a melodious 4K restoration from the Criterion Collection.
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 96% of 25 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 8/10. The website's consensus reads: "Brought brilliantly to life by Dexter Gordon's outstanding performance, Round Midnight is the rare jazz-inflected drama that matches the power of the music." [6]
Jul 27, 2022 · Reviews. Criterion Collection: ‘Round Midnight (1986) | Blu-ray Review. By. Nicholas Bell. Published on July 27, 2022. 1 shares. George Gershwin surmised “Life is a lot like jazz, it’s best when you improvise.”
