"By the age of 30, Canadian filmmaker Daniel Roher had won the Oscar for Best Documentary Feature for "Navalny." Hisnext documentary, "Blink," premiered at Telluride last year. Wasting little time, he returns to the Colorado Rockies one year later with " Tuner," but "this one feels a little different," he told a sold-out crowd Saturday, before its world premiere at the fest's Galaxy theater."
"Here he plays Niki, a piano virtuoso whose promising career was cut short by a rare hearing condition which makes him "allergic to sound," he explains in a scene. Also starring Dustin Hoffman, the veteran leans on his natural charm in limited screen time as Harry Horowitz, who runs a small piano tuning operation with Niki as his sole employee. A humorous opening montage catalogues the odd couple's drive across New York City's five boroughs, tuning pianos for a host of wealthy clients."
Daniel Roher moved from Oscar-winning documentary work into narrative filmmaking with Tuner, which premiered at Telluride. Leo Woodall stars as Niki, a piano virtuoso whose promising career was cut short by a rare hearing condition described as being "allergic to sound." Dustin Hoffman plays Harry Horowitz, who runs a small piano-tuning operation that employs Niki. An opening montage follows the odd couple driving across New York City's five boroughs, tuning pianos for wealthy clients while Harry rants about mercury and inflammation. The film introduces a safe-cracking subplot early and quickly, with a setup that can feel slightly too convenient.
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