Goethe once said that a string quartet is like “a conversation between FOUR RATIONAL PEOPLE,” and for the members of the Emerson String Quartet, that conversation comes to a bittersweet ending in FOUR RATIONAL PEOPLE as they embark on their final season of a fifty-year history that includes 9 GRAMMY Awards and thousands of concerts.
Interweaving vivid memories of the Emerson Quartet’s past with delicate observations of life on the road in the weeks and days before disbanding, FOUR RATIONAL PEOPLE explores the group’s difficult decision to walk away from the things that they cherish most in life: the music they play and the relationships they hold dear. At once a frank examination of the tyranny of aging and an appeal to pass the torch to the next generation of artists, FOUR RATIONAL PEOPLE culminates with one final Emerson Quartet performance for the ages.
Website & Showtimes New York:
https://quadcinema.com/film/four-rational-people/
Website & Showtimes Los Angeles:
https://www.laemmle.com/film/four-rational-people
The Film’s Website via Juno Films, the distributor:
