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The Idea of North (1970) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1970 · 57 mins · English
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- Directed by
- Judith Pearlman
- Starring
- Bob Burns, Marianne Schroeder, Glenn Gould, Geoffrey Reed, Jim Lotz, R.A.J. Phillips
Glenn Gould narrates a student’s winter trek from Toronto to the far‑reaches of Winnipeg, weaving evocative images of the Canadian landscape with a resonant musical score that highlights the North’s grandeur. The film adapts Gould’s own radio documentary of the same name, offering a poetic travelogue of the region.
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