Spare approach to 'Quartet' holds back story, all-star cast

By Betsy Sharkey / Los Angeles Times

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Dec 07, 2012

~~<p>C-sharp minor — the mere words conjure up a sense of anxious edge, which is the feeling that drives "A Late Quartet." Starring Christopher Walken, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Catherine Keener and Mark Ivanir as the players, this is a chamber piece about chamber musicians that is set to Beethoven's emotional Opus 131 string quartet — in C-sharp minor.</p>
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<p><strong>Rated:</strong> R</p>
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C-sharp minor — the mere words conjure up a sense of anxious edge, which is the feeling that drives "A Late Quartet." Starring Christopher Walken, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Catherine Keener and Mark Ivanir as the players, this is a chamber piece about chamber musicians that is set to Beethoven's emotional Opus 131 string quartet — in C-sharp minor. "A LATE QUARTET"