Deconstructing Dad: The Music, Machines and Mystery of Raymond Scott

Name: Deconstructing Dad: The Music, Machines and Mystery of Raymond Scott
Genre: Documentary, Music
Released: 2010-09-17
Rating: 5.8

DocumentaryMusic1h 39m

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Storyline

His filmmaker son probes the professional and private lives of his remote but fascinating father: bandleader, composer, inventor, and electronic music pioneer Raymond Scott.

Details

DirectorStanley Warnow

ReleasedSep 17, 2010

StatusReleased

Reviews

6 reviews · 5 critics

4 fresh · 1 rotten

Lou Lumenick

RTNew York PostJul 13, 2012

The best evidence of this troubled man's genius is provided by ample samples of his music, much of which will be familiar to fans of Warner Bros. cartoons from the '30s and '40s.

Stephen Holden

RTNew York TimesJul 12, 2012

Like "My Architect," Nathaniel Kahn's film about his father, Louis I. Kahn, this documentary is a son's attempt to forge a posthumous bond with an elusive parent.

Leonard Maltin

RTleonardmaltin.comJul 11, 2012

Scott's son, Stan Warnow, made a highly personal documentary ... It isn't slick or polished but it is candid and highly personal, as Stan tries to understand his enigmatic father who was, by all accounts, a musical genius.

Avi Offer

RTNYC Movie GuruJul 18, 2012

Honest, illuminating and compassionate. An extraordinary documentary.