Product Details

• Actors: Arthur Rubinstein
• Directors: Peter Rosen
• Format: Classical, Color, DVD, Original recording remastered, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 2
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Peter Rosen Productions, Inc.
• DVD Release Date: March 9, 2004
• Run Time: 58 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00017HWM6
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #133,313 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

NAIRD Award: Honorable Mention

given by: The National Association of Independent Record Distributors & Manufacturers

Spectator Magazine- by Philip Van Vleck

RUBINSTEIN ABSOLUTELY SHINES... fine retrospective on both the man and the musician;it’s one of the most coherent and evocative documentaries

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars John, Please Shut Up!, June 14, 2004

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John Atherton (CINCINNATI, OHIO United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Rubinstein Remembered (With Audio CD) (DVD)

Terribly frustrating.
In fairness, this documentary was originally aired on public television for an audience the producers apparently felt was more interested in Rubinstein's celebrity than in his music. But who if not music lovers will buy this DVD, and they will find only brief snippets of Rubinstein's playing.
As for biography, the great raconteur does not get a word in to tell his own story until almost nine minutes into the program. Instead we are treated to a self-indulgent display of his son John's narration, analysis -- even his conducting!
The many photographs of Arthur Rubinstein are marvelous (though other people in the photos are never identified), and a few moments with Daniel Barenboim provide desperately needed reflection.
But -- tell me, someone - is there no better DVD providing a musical and biographical profile of Rubinstein? He deserves one.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Please John, bring us "Love of Life" on DVD!, December 14, 2004

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J.S. "Jim111" (California, United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Rubinstein Remembered (With Audio CD) (DVD)

I agree wholeheartedly with the other comments: the balance between content featuring John and content with Artur playing or speaking is off kilter. Artur's full-length performances and personal interviews on camera are what we really want to help us celebrate and remember Artur Rubinstein's marvelous music and artistry. For all those legions of Artur Rubinstein fans, what we really want to see and purchase on DVD is an art film that hit the silver screen in 1969 entitled "Arthur Rubinstein - The Love of Life", directed by Gerard Patris and Francois Reichenbach (also entitled "L'Amour de la vie"). It was produced by Bernard Chevry. Please John Rubinstein, can we get this film released on DVD as well? The market for it would be huge!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars This is not "The Love of Life", September 23, 2005

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Leila De Oliveira (Brazil) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Rubinstein Remembered (With Audio CD) (DVD)

I agree with another review that implores a dvd from the film titled "Love of Life", a documentary/interview with the great pianist Arthur Rubinstein. Here in Brazil the film was received, at that time, like a piano concerto: people applauded at the end of the exhibition! Please, the world deserves this gift.