Olivier Messiaen: The Crystal Liturgy

As directed by documentarist Olivier Mille, this film provides an intimate biographical portrait of still-influential music theorist and composer Olivier Messiaen (1908-92). Throughout his life, Messaien developed groundbreaking spiritual and aural ideas and philosophies, and constantly reveled in the many wonders of nature and intellectual exploration. In etching out a compelling image of Messiaen, Mille brings together the most compelling archival footage of the composer and overlays extr...