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theremin-an electronic odyssey | Theremin - An Electronic Odyssey | Leon Theremin, Robert Moog

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	• Theremin - An Electronic Odyssey Leon Theremin, Robert Moog MGM (Video & DVD), 2001 average customer review:based on 27 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Music and politics

A fascinating documentary about the developer of the forerunner of the Moog synthesiser Dr Theremin, a Russian physicist who moved to the U.S. in the 1920s.

Not only do you get to hear and see the Theremin being played (it is actually not touched), which is fascinating in itself, but you get the story of Dr Theremin's vanishing from the U.S. and his return to Russia in 1938.

He is subsequently discovered in Russia and he returns briefly to the U.S. in the 90s, prior to his subsequent death back in Russia in 1994.

There are interviews with Brian Wilson and others about their use of the Theremin.

This won an award at Sundance in 1994

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Great DVD

Fantastic documentary, the only thing preventing me giving it 5 stars is the fact that it doesn't have English subtitles and it is sometimes difficult to understand what Theremin is saying with his thick Russian accent.

theremin-an electronic odyssey

i had seen this at the movies (3 times) had found vcr's and had given them to my son (a musician in "trout fishing in america") and other friends. i decided it had to be in my permanent collection of dvd's and i have already loaned it, but am keeping track. it is marvelous. nidlet

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A bitter triumph

I've not viewed this for awhile but what comes to mind is the account of Russian musical inventor Leonard Theremin's abduction from his NYC studio and brought to the USSR by Stalinist agents, in the 1920's, to be impressed into service to various projects against him his will and restricted freedom for a very large portion of his life and Friends could not get the US government to take any action whatsoever in securing his release or even to protest outrage.
He did get to return in time to receive some accolades and honors for his work and know it influenced people who were the age his grandchildren would have been.

It all came off as quite heartbreaking sad and tragic.

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An insight into a Wonderful Mind

Well done documentary on the mind of a wonderful inventor. Theremin's role in what was arguably the biggest eavesdropping story of the cold war was glossed over, as was left unexplained his being spirited the USSR and later being allowed to return to the USA.

A great introduction to an amazing man & his music machines!

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 émigré 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!

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