Daniel Kramer, a rock photographer who captured some of the most iconic Bob Dylan images of the Sixties, including the covers of Bringing It All Back Home and Highway 61 Revisited, died April 29, Rolling Stone confirmed. He was 91.
Kramer first encountered Bob Dylan when he watched him perform “The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll” on The Steve Allen Show in 1964. “The lyrics were startling to me,” he told Rolling Stone in 2016. “They were so poetic. I knew this wasn’t an ordinary event. I knew this guy was special.”
Not long afterward,...
Kramer first encountered Bob Dylan when he watched him perform “The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll” on The Steve Allen Show in 1964. “The lyrics were startling to me,” he told Rolling Stone in 2016. “They were so poetic. I knew this wasn’t an ordinary event. I knew this guy was special.”
Not long afterward,...
- 5/3/2024
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
In his home office in Nashville, Cidny Bullens glances at a photo perched behind him: a young, pouty-faced 28-year-old in a Superman T-shirt, cradling an electric guitar. “I look at me as a different person,” says Bullens, who now sports short hair and a wisp of a mustache. “I don’t say, ‘Oh, that’s a great picture.’ It’s like an entity, you know.”
That photo adorned the cover of Desire Wire, the 1978 debut album by the artist then-known as Cindy Bullens. By the time of its release, Bullens had a formidable résumé,...
That photo adorned the cover of Desire Wire, the 1978 debut album by the artist then-known as Cindy Bullens. By the time of its release, Bullens had a formidable résumé,...
- 11/2/2023
- by David Browne
- Rollingstone.com
In the fall of 1975, Sam Shepard — the hottest playwright on both sides of the Atlantic — returned to his new home in Northern California one day to find a note waiting for him that said Bob Dylan had called. Having never met him, the 31-year-old Shepard called the phone number on the note and was informed that Dylan wanted him to write the screenplay for the film to be based on his upcoming, star-studded Rolling Thunder tour. Because Shepard, who would later be nominated for an Academy Award for his portrayal of Chuck Yeager, America’s most famous test pilot, in The Right Stuff but was so afraid of flying that he had not been inside a plane for the past twelve years, he crossed the country by rail to meet Dylan in New York. As Robert Greenfield recounts in an exclusive excerpt from his new biography of Shepard, True West,...
- 4/21/2023
- by Robert Greenfield
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Even early in his career, Bob Dylan had many admirers, including The Rolling Stones’ Brian Jones. The guitarist idolized Dylan and was happy to spend a night out with the musician and his friends. Unfortunately, Dylan greeted Jones with coarse cruelty that left him in tears. This was how Dylan behaved around many of the people who admired him.
Brian Jones and Bob Dylan | Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images Brian Jones looked up to Bob Dylan
Jones admired Dylan, and the two musicians settled into a friendship. According to the documentary Rolling Stone: Life and Death of Brian Jones, Jones used to call Dylan every day.
“Yeah for a period of time he did because they were really good mates,” filmmaker Nick Reynolds told Express. “They used to drop a lot of acid together.”
Brian Jones | Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images
Reynolds believed the two musicians were similar, so they understood each other.
Brian Jones and Bob Dylan | Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images Brian Jones looked up to Bob Dylan
Jones admired Dylan, and the two musicians settled into a friendship. According to the documentary Rolling Stone: Life and Death of Brian Jones, Jones used to call Dylan every day.
“Yeah for a period of time he did because they were really good mates,” filmmaker Nick Reynolds told Express. “They used to drop a lot of acid together.”
Brian Jones | Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images
Reynolds believed the two musicians were similar, so they understood each other.
- 3/5/2023
- by Emma McKee
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Bob Neuwirth, the folk singer-songwriter known for his long and influential association with Bob Dylan, has died at the age of 82. Neuwirth’s partner Paula Batson confirmed his death to Rolling Stone, adding he died Wednesday, May 18, in Santa Monica, CA.
“On Wednesday evening in Santa Monica, Bob Neuwirth’s big heart gave out,” Neuwirth’s family tells Rolling Stone in a statement. “Bob was an artist throughout every cell of his body and he loved to encourage others to make art themselves. He was a painter, songwriter, producer and...
“On Wednesday evening in Santa Monica, Bob Neuwirth’s big heart gave out,” Neuwirth’s family tells Rolling Stone in a statement. “Bob was an artist throughout every cell of his body and he loved to encourage others to make art themselves. He was a painter, songwriter, producer and...
- 5/19/2022
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
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There’s really nothing like a good music documentary. Rivaled only by maybe true crime and movie documentaries, music-based films are great because they show the story behind the stories of our favorite artists, songs, bands, and record labels.
When you love documentaries the best place to find them all together is a streaming platform. Netflix reigns supreme, but there are a lot of other options out there at a cheaper price. From Hulu to Amazon Prime, HBO Max, Showtime, and Paramount+, you can enjoy tens of thousands of movies and TV series from your TV, phone, and other streaming devices for under $20 a month. Hulu is the most affordable option out of...
There’s really nothing like a good music documentary. Rivaled only by maybe true crime and movie documentaries, music-based films are great because they show the story behind the stories of our favorite artists, songs, bands, and record labels.
When you love documentaries the best place to find them all together is a streaming platform. Netflix reigns supreme, but there are a lot of other options out there at a cheaper price. From Hulu to Amazon Prime, HBO Max, Showtime, and Paramount+, you can enjoy tens of thousands of movies and TV series from your TV, phone, and other streaming devices for under $20 a month. Hulu is the most affordable option out of...
- 4/1/2021
- by Latifah Muhammad
- Indiewire
In the Seventies — or any other decade, in fact — it would have been hard to imagine less-likely duet partners than Bob Dylan and Bette Midler. In the fall of 1975, Dylan was newly invigorated, coming off Blood on the Tracks, and Midler was the midst of her first flush of pop fame, which had begun with her 1973 hit “Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy.” From their voices to their personas, they didn’t just seem to exist on separate planets but in different galaxies.
But in January 1976, 45 years ago this month, they joined...
But in January 1976, 45 years ago this month, they joined...
- 1/8/2021
- by David Browne
- Rollingstone.com
Had D.A. Pennebaker never done anything but hop a flight to London, 16mm camera in tow, and follow around a scrawny young singer who jousted with journalists, was worshipped as a frizzy-haired god and entertained himself with entourage-fueled shenanigans, he would still have secured himself a place in rock history and film history. The best-known picture of the documentarian, known as “Penny” to friends and colleagues, finds the then-39-year-old wearing a top hat, jauntily tilted to one side. A camera is hoisted on his shoulder, covering one half of his face.
- 8/4/2019
- by David Fear
- Rollingstone.com
From the rough, spontaneous energy of the rehearsals that open this box to the set’s barely-tamed-tornado climax, on stage in Montreal, Bob Dylan’s Rolling Thunder Revue barely lasted a season: seven weeks in the frenzied autumn of 1975. And no song captures the distance and velocity of Dylan’s legendary touring phenomenon across these 14 CDs, between concept — a loose-limbed rock & roll medicine show — and its swinging vengeance on the road, better than “Isis.”
Written by Dylan in July, 1975 with his collaborator at the time, theater director Jacques Levy, and...
Written by Dylan in July, 1975 with his collaborator at the time, theater director Jacques Levy, and...
- 6/7/2019
- by David Fricke
- Rollingstone.com
Luther Dickinson and Sisters of the Strawberry Moon offer an inspirational message in the new video for “Like a Songbird That Has Fallen,” the first single from the group’s debut album Solstice, which will be released on March 22nd via New West Records.
A new project, Sisters of the Strawberry Moon finds Dickinson – a renowned guitarist best known as the co-founder of the North Mississippi Allstars — collaborating with an impressive women-only cast of Americana and folk artists, including Amy Helm, Amy Lavere, Sharde Thomas and the Como Mamas.
In...
A new project, Sisters of the Strawberry Moon finds Dickinson – a renowned guitarist best known as the co-founder of the North Mississippi Allstars — collaborating with an impressive women-only cast of Americana and folk artists, including Amy Helm, Amy Lavere, Sharde Thomas and the Como Mamas.
In...
- 2/13/2019
- by Jedd Ferris
- Rollingstone.com
For years, rumors have circulated among Bob Dylan fans that a documentary about his legendary, star-studded “Rolling Thunder Revue” tour of 1975-76 was in the works, and occasional whispers had a name attached: Martin Scorsese. Now, the cat can come officially out of the bag. Variety has exclusively learned that Netflix plans to release the movie in 2019, with the director’s name actually in the title: “Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese.”
The tightly-under-wraps project is said not to be quite as much of a straightforward documentary as Scorsese’s previous Dylan film, 2005’s “No Direction Home: Bob Dylan,” which zeroed in on Dylan’s crucial 1965-66 “going electric” period. “There’s a reason the word ‘story’ appears in the title,” said a source, hinting that the director may be playing with the form more in this particular film.
Upon further inquiry, Netflix provided Variety with...
The tightly-under-wraps project is said not to be quite as much of a straightforward documentary as Scorsese’s previous Dylan film, 2005’s “No Direction Home: Bob Dylan,” which zeroed in on Dylan’s crucial 1965-66 “going electric” period. “There’s a reason the word ‘story’ appears in the title,” said a source, hinting that the director may be playing with the form more in this particular film.
Upon further inquiry, Netflix provided Variety with...
- 1/10/2019
- by Chris Willman
- Variety Film + TV
North Mississippi Allstars co-founder Luther Dickinson has announced plans for a new album, billed as the debut release by Sisters of the Strawberry Moon. Solstice — itself an all-star effort —arrives March 22nd from New West Records.
In a departure from his previous releases, Solstice finds Dickinson ceding the spotlight to a diverse group of female voices, including Amy Helm, Amy Lavere, Birds of Chicago, Sharde Thomas and gospel greats the Como Mamas. The album’s 12 tracks were recorded by Dickinson at his family’s Zebra Ranch Studio in Mississippi and...
In a departure from his previous releases, Solstice finds Dickinson ceding the spotlight to a diverse group of female voices, including Amy Helm, Amy Lavere, Birds of Chicago, Sharde Thomas and gospel greats the Como Mamas. The album’s 12 tracks were recorded by Dickinson at his family’s Zebra Ranch Studio in Mississippi and...
- 1/9/2019
- by Jon Freeman
- Rollingstone.com
Bob Dylan’s 77th birthday was celebrated with a kinetic reimagining of his 1963 solo concert at New York’s Town Hall. Titled Tomorrow Is A Long Time, the May 24 event produced by Hal Willner featured a slew of talented guests — among them: contemporary performers like The Milk Carton Kids, Emily Haines and Teddy Thompson, 60’s survivors like Geoff Muldaur and Bob Neuwirth, poetess Anne Waldman and savvy stage performers like Gina Gershon, Steve Buscemi and Bill Murray — and followed the original concert’s set list, providing ardent, idiosyncratic musical settings for Dylan’s songs with barely a hint of nostalgia. Musical Director Steven Bernstein and the Town Hall Ensemble led the tribute, which was filled with humor, social commentary and an impressive range of musical styles.
While Dylan’s original concert was a solo acoustic affair, the brawny Town Hall Ensemble contained a number of amazing musicians including bandleader Bernstein on trumpet,...
While Dylan’s original concert was a solo acoustic affair, the brawny Town Hall Ensemble contained a number of amazing musicians including bandleader Bernstein on trumpet,...
- 5/25/2018
- by Mitch Myers
- Variety Film + TV
Bob Dylan, one of America’s most iconic folk rock stars, is now official a Nobel Prize winner, thanks to Thursday’s announcement that the singer and songwriter had been awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. His surprising win comes right before Criterion’s UK arm is due to release a revamped version of the behind the scenes documentary “Don’t Look Back,” while follows Dylan during his 1965 UK tour, his last as an acoustic artist.
Read More: TV Drama Based On The Music Of Bob Dylan In The Works From Lionsgate And Amazon
The documentary was directed by beloved documentarian D.A. Pennebaker, and it would go on to influence the style and approach of future documentaries. The new Blu-ray release of the classic will include numerous extra features, including restored sound and new audio commentary from tour manager Bob Neuwirth, as well as an alternative version of the film...
Read More: TV Drama Based On The Music Of Bob Dylan In The Works From Lionsgate And Amazon
The documentary was directed by beloved documentarian D.A. Pennebaker, and it would go on to influence the style and approach of future documentaries. The new Blu-ray release of the classic will include numerous extra features, including restored sound and new audio commentary from tour manager Bob Neuwirth, as well as an alternative version of the film...
- 10/13/2016
- by Zipporah Smith
- Indiewire
Considered amongst the very greatest documentaries ever made and selected by the Library of Congress as being “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant,” D.A. Pennebaker‘s veritable direct cinema portrait of Bob Dylan on his 1965 tour of England is an undisputed masterpiece. Yet, after Pennebaker completed the film, he almost gave up hope of finding a distributor. In the end, the film opened at the Presidio Theater in San Francisco, then known mostly for showing porn, to rave reviews and flocks of crowds hungry to meet Bob Dylan, or a version of Dylan, riding a wave of creative energy so quick that he’s bored and already reaching for the next thing. Its no wonder why Pennebaker named the film Dont Look Back, after a quote by Satchel Paige – “Don’t look back. Something might be gaining on you.”
Still rocking the solo song man, guitar, harmonica and a pair of...
Still rocking the solo song man, guitar, harmonica and a pair of...
- 12/1/2015
- by Jordan M. Smith
- IONCINEMA.com
D.A. Pennbaker still remembers the man with the wiry gray hair and the sunglasses, sitting across from him in his office and posing an innocent enough question. "He asked, 'Would you like to come along on a tour with my client? His name is Bob Dylan.' It sort of rang a bell." The 90-year-old filmmaker lets out a raspy chuckle before continuing to speak at his customary rapid clip. "He had one song, 'The Times They Are A-Changin',' that had been playing on the radio...
- 11/27/2015
- Rollingstone.com
D.A. Pennebaker puts cinema verité on the map with his terrific up-close docu portrait of Bob Dylan as he runs from concert appearances to hotels, cutting up with his friends, practicing with Joan Baez and giving reporters grief. Criterion's extras give us the best look yet at Pennebaker's innovative approach: don't direct, observe. Dont Look Back Blu-ray The Criterion Collection 786 1967 / B&W / 1:33 flat full frame / 96 min. / available through The Criterion Collection / Street Date November 24, 2015 / 39.95 Starring Bob Dylan, Donovan, Joan Baez, Alan Price, Albert Grossman Cinematography Howard Alk, Jones Alk, D.A. Pennebaker Production Designer James D. Bissell Music performed by Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Donovan, Alan Price Produced by John Court and Albert Grossman Written, Edited and Directed by D.A. Pennebaker
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
"I am not a folk singer. Do not call me a folk singer." The man who turned pop music on to socially conscious poetry is...
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
"I am not a folk singer. Do not call me a folk singer." The man who turned pop music on to socially conscious poetry is...
- 11/24/2015
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
The one night only benefit concert "Another Day, Another Time: Celebrating the Music of Inside Llewyn Davis" has been acquired exclusively by the Showtime network. The concert, which was inspired by the music from the upcoming Coen Brothers' film, "Inside Llewyn Davis," reunites the Coen brothers, T Bone Burnett and producer Scott Rudin who were the creative team for the concert event in conjunction with "O Brother, Where Art Thou?." A portion of the concerts proceeds will benefit the National Recording Preservation Foundation and the world premiere of the event is scheduled to air on Showtime on Friday, December 13th at 9 Pm Et/Pt. Artists performing at the concert include The Avett Brothers, Joan Baez, Rhiannon Giddens of Carolina Chocolate Drops, Lake Street Dive, Colin Meloy of The Decemberists, The Milk Carton Kids, Keb' Mo', Marcus Mumford, Bob Neuwirth, Conor Oberst, Punch Brothers, Dave Rawlings Machine, The Secret Sisters, Patti Smith,...
- 10/1/2013
- by James Hiler
- Indiewire
Showtime has acquired exclusive TV rights to film and air the one-night only benefit concert, Another Day, Another Time: Celebrating the Music of Inside Llewyn Davis, inspired by music from the upcoming Coen Brothers’ film, Inside Llewyn Davis, set in the 1960’s Greenwich Village folk music scene. Not coincidentally, the film will be distributed by CBS Films in the U.S.; it begins its theatrical run on December 6. Today’s announcement: Produced by the film’s writer and directors Joel and Ethan Coen, the film’s executive music producer T Bone Burnett and producer Scott Rudin, the star-studded concert reunites the trio behind O Brother, Where Art Thou? and the highly successful concert events launched in conjunction with that film. Another Day, Another Time: Celebrating The Music Of “Inside Llewyn Davis” will feature live performances of the film’s music, as well as songs from the early 1960s that inspired the film.
- 9/25/2013
- by THE DEADLINE TEAM
- Deadline TV
The legendary Bob Dylan turned 70 years old on May 24th. This article takes a close look at his association with the movies…
Bob Dylan had his first acting gig aged 21 on British TV with a play called Madhouse on Castle Street. His eponymously-titled first album had been released but few people in Britain would have known him; this was a few months before Freewheelin’ hit the shelves and Dylan-fever (which is like Beatlemania, only less wild and more pretentious) swept the Western world. He was intended to play the lead but quickly proved that he wasn’t interested in learning lines and was perhaps more interested in his recent discovery of cannabis, so David Warner was hired as the lead and Dylan provided a Greek chorus to the action.
In its wisdom, the BBC has long since destroyed the footage so it’s not easy to gauge how people would...
Bob Dylan had his first acting gig aged 21 on British TV with a play called Madhouse on Castle Street. His eponymously-titled first album had been released but few people in Britain would have known him; this was a few months before Freewheelin’ hit the shelves and Dylan-fever (which is like Beatlemania, only less wild and more pretentious) swept the Western world. He was intended to play the lead but quickly proved that he wasn’t interested in learning lines and was perhaps more interested in his recent discovery of cannabis, so David Warner was hired as the lead and Dylan provided a Greek chorus to the action.
In its wisdom, the BBC has long since destroyed the footage so it’s not easy to gauge how people would...
- 6/1/2011
- by Adam Whyte
- Obsessed with Film
Watch the world premiere of the latest Bob Dylan music video, "Beyond Here Lies Nothin'," exclusively at IFC.com.
As if capturing a momentous period in Bob Dylan's career and crafting one of the best and earliest examples of a major cinematic movement -- cinema vérité -- with "Dont Look Back" weren't monumental achievements enough, D.A. Pennebaker began his seminal film with what would be recognized decades later as perhaps the first music video. Ironically, this opening sequence, set to Dylan's "Subterranean Homesick Blues," is one of several instances in the film where Pennebaker strays from the tenets of vérité: in an overtly staged performance (which in fact was shot in alternate takes in two other locales) with Dylan playing to the camera, the singer/songwriter lets a series of placards do his lip-synching for him. In a wide-legged stance, boards with various lyrics and riffs on lyrics (written...
As if capturing a momentous period in Bob Dylan's career and crafting one of the best and earliest examples of a major cinematic movement -- cinema vérité -- with "Dont Look Back" weren't monumental achievements enough, D.A. Pennebaker began his seminal film with what would be recognized decades later as perhaps the first music video. Ironically, this opening sequence, set to Dylan's "Subterranean Homesick Blues," is one of several instances in the film where Pennebaker strays from the tenets of vérité: in an overtly staged performance (which in fact was shot in alternate takes in two other locales) with Dylan playing to the camera, the singer/songwriter lets a series of placards do his lip-synching for him. In a wide-legged stance, boards with various lyrics and riffs on lyrics (written...
- 5/12/2009
- by Michelle Orange
- ifc.com
Singer-songwriter-producer Peter Case has a wealth of good friends. The rocker was sideswiped by astronomical medical bills after emergency heart bypass surgery. His friends got word that the musician was without medical insurance, and rallied to put on a benefit to raise funds to offset his expenses. Held at McCabe's in Santa Monica, California, the master of ceremonies T-Bone Burnett, invited comic Eric Idle, singer Katie Melua and folk rock legend Richard Thompson among other surprise guests to the stage on Sunday night . It was the final night in a series of three sold-out shows benefiting Case. Burnett's Sunday night revue also featured Joe Henry, Sam Phillips, Syd Straw, Bob Neuwirth, Carla Olson, Geoff Muldaur, and Case's former...
- 5/6/2009
- by April MacIntyre
- Monsters and Critics
Pennebaker-Hegedus Films
More than four decades into his performing career, Bob Dylan has become a veritable film genre unto himself.
On the heels of Todd Haynes' cinematic fantasia "I'm Not There" and Murray Lerner's recently seen The Other Side of the Mirror is this assemblage of outtakes from D.A. Pennebaker's landmark documentary "Don't Look Back." While 65 Revisited, which runs a little more than an hour, essentially feels like the DVD extra it was designed to be, it nonetheless well deserves its exposure on the big screen. It is receiving its theatrical premiere engagement at New York's IFC Center.
The chief stylistic difference between the previous film and this one is that 65 Revisited pays more attention to the music. While "Don't Look Back" mainly featured truncated performances and snippets, this effort features full renditions, onstage and off, of several Dylan classics and some relative obscurities.
Thus, we are treated to stunning onstage performances by the shaggy-haired performer (who bears a striking resemblance to Cate Blanchett) of such songs as "It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)" and "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue," and more casual renditions of numbers like "It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry" and Laddie (the latter a duet with Joan Baez.)
There also are more scenes of the singer interacting with worshipful fans and members of the press, though in this footage he mostly displays a more lighthearted, less surly demeanor. Among the other figures on prominent display are Baez, tour manager Bob Neuwirth, Dylan's manager Albert Grossman, and in a cameo, Nico.
Particularly fun is the film's capper, a rooftop-set variation of the classic cue-card flipping routine during "Subterranean Homesick Blues".
More than four decades into his performing career, Bob Dylan has become a veritable film genre unto himself.
On the heels of Todd Haynes' cinematic fantasia "I'm Not There" and Murray Lerner's recently seen The Other Side of the Mirror is this assemblage of outtakes from D.A. Pennebaker's landmark documentary "Don't Look Back." While 65 Revisited, which runs a little more than an hour, essentially feels like the DVD extra it was designed to be, it nonetheless well deserves its exposure on the big screen. It is receiving its theatrical premiere engagement at New York's IFC Center.
The chief stylistic difference between the previous film and this one is that 65 Revisited pays more attention to the music. While "Don't Look Back" mainly featured truncated performances and snippets, this effort features full renditions, onstage and off, of several Dylan classics and some relative obscurities.
Thus, we are treated to stunning onstage performances by the shaggy-haired performer (who bears a striking resemblance to Cate Blanchett) of such songs as "It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)" and "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue," and more casual renditions of numbers like "It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry" and Laddie (the latter a duet with Joan Baez.)
There also are more scenes of the singer interacting with worshipful fans and members of the press, though in this footage he mostly displays a more lighthearted, less surly demeanor. Among the other figures on prominent display are Baez, tour manager Bob Neuwirth, Dylan's manager Albert Grossman, and in a cameo, Nico.
Particularly fun is the film's capper, a rooftop-set variation of the classic cue-card flipping routine during "Subterranean Homesick Blues".
- 12/5/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
- Feast your eyes folks on the legend of Bob Dylan. The Weinstein Company have released the trailer for one of the most anticipated films this year brought to you by the genius of Todd Haynes. Moments away from its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival and its subsequent showing at Tiff, I'm Not There is a six degrees of Dylan via actors Christian Bale, Marcus Carl Franklin, Richard Gere , Heath Ledger, Ben Whishaw and actress Cate Blanchett will be launched on November 21.2007 and will receive a site specific release at NYC’s Film Forum theater. So now...how does it feel? “Inspired By The Music And Many Lives Of Bob Dylan” reads the opening title. Cate Blanchett, Richard Gere, Heath Ledger and Christian Bale all take a crack at him; Julianne Moore, Michelle Williams and Charlotte Gainsbourg appear as some of his women. But it is Blanchett as
- 8/21/2007
- IONCINEMA.com
First, there was the film, "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" And the film begot a soundtrack. And the soundtrack begot a concert. And the concert begot another film. And that film begot another soundtrack. And so on.
You can't accuse the Coen brothers of neglecting the synergy involved in their use of classic American bluegrass and country music in their recent film. Featuring such performers as bluegrass legend Ralph Stanley, Emmylou Harris, Alison Krauss, The Fairfield Four, Gillian Welch and David Rawlings, Chris Thomas King, Norman Blake and the late John Hartford, the soundtrack has become one of the biggest surprise hits of the year. This film -- by the documentary team of Nick Doob, Chris Hegedus, and D.A. Pennebaker, and executive produced by T-Bone Burnett (the album producer) and the Coen brothers -- documents a concert at Nashville's historic Ryman Auditorium in May 2000 featuring music from "O Brother". It is playing an exclusive theatrical engagement at New York's Screening Room.
Mixing onstage performances by the various artists with backstage interviews in which they discuss their music and their involvement with "O Brother", "Down From the Mountain", while it offers many stirring musical performances, doesn't stand out either as a concert film or an enlightening documentary. The musical segments are filmed in lackluster style, with little of the flair or excitement of the better concert films ("The Last Waltz", etc.). The backstage sequences are not particularly enlightening, and the interviews lack depth.
Still, the film is valuable if only for its recording of a group of great and sadly unappreciated American musicians who have toiled far too long in relative obscurity. Watching Stanley perform a stark, a cappella version of the mournful "O Death", Hartford comically warble through "Big Rock Candy Mountain" or the Cox Family raising chills with their rendition of "I Am Weary", one is vividly reminded of the utter triviality of most modern-day popular music.
DOWN FROM THE MOUNTAIN
Cowboy Booking International
Directors:Nick Doob, Chris Hegedus, D.A. Pennebaker
Executive producers:T-Bone Burnett, Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Producers:Bob Neuwirth, Frazer Pennebaker
Cinematographers:Joan Churchill, Jim Desmond, Nick Doob, Chris Hegedus, Bob Neuwirth, Jehane Noujaim, D.A. Pennebaker, John Paul Pennebaker
Editors:Nick Doob, D.A. Pennebaker
Color/stereo
Running time -- 98 minutes
No MPAA rating...
You can't accuse the Coen brothers of neglecting the synergy involved in their use of classic American bluegrass and country music in their recent film. Featuring such performers as bluegrass legend Ralph Stanley, Emmylou Harris, Alison Krauss, The Fairfield Four, Gillian Welch and David Rawlings, Chris Thomas King, Norman Blake and the late John Hartford, the soundtrack has become one of the biggest surprise hits of the year. This film -- by the documentary team of Nick Doob, Chris Hegedus, and D.A. Pennebaker, and executive produced by T-Bone Burnett (the album producer) and the Coen brothers -- documents a concert at Nashville's historic Ryman Auditorium in May 2000 featuring music from "O Brother". It is playing an exclusive theatrical engagement at New York's Screening Room.
Mixing onstage performances by the various artists with backstage interviews in which they discuss their music and their involvement with "O Brother", "Down From the Mountain", while it offers many stirring musical performances, doesn't stand out either as a concert film or an enlightening documentary. The musical segments are filmed in lackluster style, with little of the flair or excitement of the better concert films ("The Last Waltz", etc.). The backstage sequences are not particularly enlightening, and the interviews lack depth.
Still, the film is valuable if only for its recording of a group of great and sadly unappreciated American musicians who have toiled far too long in relative obscurity. Watching Stanley perform a stark, a cappella version of the mournful "O Death", Hartford comically warble through "Big Rock Candy Mountain" or the Cox Family raising chills with their rendition of "I Am Weary", one is vividly reminded of the utter triviality of most modern-day popular music.
DOWN FROM THE MOUNTAIN
Cowboy Booking International
Directors:Nick Doob, Chris Hegedus, D.A. Pennebaker
Executive producers:T-Bone Burnett, Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Producers:Bob Neuwirth, Frazer Pennebaker
Cinematographers:Joan Churchill, Jim Desmond, Nick Doob, Chris Hegedus, Bob Neuwirth, Jehane Noujaim, D.A. Pennebaker, John Paul Pennebaker
Editors:Nick Doob, D.A. Pennebaker
Color/stereo
Running time -- 98 minutes
No MPAA rating...
First, there was the film, "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" And the film begot a soundtrack. And the soundtrack begot a concert. And the concert begot another film. And that film begot another soundtrack. And so on.
You can't accuse the Coen brothers of neglecting the synergy involved in their use of classic American bluegrass and country music in their recent film. Featuring such performers as bluegrass legend Ralph Stanley, Emmylou Harris, Alison Krauss, The Fairfield Four, Gillian Welch and David Rawlings, Chris Thomas King, Norman Blake and the late John Hartford, the soundtrack has become one of the biggest surprise hits of the year. This film -- by the documentary team of Nick Doob, Chris Hegedus, and D.A. Pennebaker, and executive produced by T-Bone Burnett (the album producer) and the Coen brothers -- documents a concert at Nashville's historic Ryman Auditorium in May 2000 featuring music from "O Brother". It is playing an exclusive theatrical engagement at New York's Screening Room.
Mixing onstage performances by the various artists with backstage interviews in which they discuss their music and their involvement with "O Brother", "Down From the Mountain", while it offers many stirring musical performances, doesn't stand out either as a concert film or an enlightening documentary. The musical segments are filmed in lackluster style, with little of the flair or excitement of the better concert films ("The Last Waltz", etc.). The backstage sequences are not particularly enlightening, and the interviews lack depth.
Still, the film is valuable if only for its recording of a group of great and sadly unappreciated American musicians who have toiled far too long in relative obscurity. Watching Stanley perform a stark, a cappella version of the mournful "O Death", Hartford comically warble through "Big Rock Candy Mountain" or the Cox Family raising chills with their rendition of "I Am Weary", one is vividly reminded of the utter triviality of most modern-day popular music.
DOWN FROM THE MOUNTAIN
Cowboy Booking International
Directors:Nick Doob, Chris Hegedus, D.A. Pennebaker
Executive producers:T-Bone Burnett, Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Producers:Bob Neuwirth, Frazer Pennebaker
Cinematographers:Joan Churchill, Jim Desmond, Nick Doob, Chris Hegedus, Bob Neuwirth, Jehane Noujaim, D.A. Pennebaker, John Paul Pennebaker
Editors:Nick Doob, D.A. Pennebaker
Color/stereo
Running time -- 98 minutes
No MPAA rating...
You can't accuse the Coen brothers of neglecting the synergy involved in their use of classic American bluegrass and country music in their recent film. Featuring such performers as bluegrass legend Ralph Stanley, Emmylou Harris, Alison Krauss, The Fairfield Four, Gillian Welch and David Rawlings, Chris Thomas King, Norman Blake and the late John Hartford, the soundtrack has become one of the biggest surprise hits of the year. This film -- by the documentary team of Nick Doob, Chris Hegedus, and D.A. Pennebaker, and executive produced by T-Bone Burnett (the album producer) and the Coen brothers -- documents a concert at Nashville's historic Ryman Auditorium in May 2000 featuring music from "O Brother". It is playing an exclusive theatrical engagement at New York's Screening Room.
Mixing onstage performances by the various artists with backstage interviews in which they discuss their music and their involvement with "O Brother", "Down From the Mountain", while it offers many stirring musical performances, doesn't stand out either as a concert film or an enlightening documentary. The musical segments are filmed in lackluster style, with little of the flair or excitement of the better concert films ("The Last Waltz", etc.). The backstage sequences are not particularly enlightening, and the interviews lack depth.
Still, the film is valuable if only for its recording of a group of great and sadly unappreciated American musicians who have toiled far too long in relative obscurity. Watching Stanley perform a stark, a cappella version of the mournful "O Death", Hartford comically warble through "Big Rock Candy Mountain" or the Cox Family raising chills with their rendition of "I Am Weary", one is vividly reminded of the utter triviality of most modern-day popular music.
DOWN FROM THE MOUNTAIN
Cowboy Booking International
Directors:Nick Doob, Chris Hegedus, D.A. Pennebaker
Executive producers:T-Bone Burnett, Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Producers:Bob Neuwirth, Frazer Pennebaker
Cinematographers:Joan Churchill, Jim Desmond, Nick Doob, Chris Hegedus, Bob Neuwirth, Jehane Noujaim, D.A. Pennebaker, John Paul Pennebaker
Editors:Nick Doob, D.A. Pennebaker
Color/stereo
Running time -- 98 minutes
No MPAA rating...
First, there was the film, "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" And the film begot a soundtrack. And the soundtrack begot a concert. And the concert begot another film. And that film begot another soundtrack. And so on.
You can't accuse the Coen brothers of neglecting the synergy involved in their use of classic American bluegrass and country music in their recent film. Featuring such performers as bluegrass legend Ralph Stanley, Emmylou Harris, Alison Krauss, The Fairfield Four, Gillian Welch and David Rawlings, Chris Thomas King, Norman Blake and the late John Hartford, the soundtrack has become one of the biggest surprise hits of the year. This film -- by the documentary team of Nick Doob, Chris Hegedus, and D.A. Pennebaker, and executive produced by T-Bone Burnett (the album producer) and the Coen brothers -- documents a concert at Nashville's historic Ryman Auditorium in May 2000 featuring music from "O Brother". It is playing an exclusive theatrical engagement at New York's Screening Room.
Mixing onstage performances by the various artists with backstage interviews in which they discuss their music and their involvement with "O Brother", "Down From the Mountain", while it offers many stirring musical performances, doesn't stand out either as a concert film or an enlightening documentary. The musical segments are filmed in lackluster style, with little of the flair or excitement of the better concert films ("The Last Waltz", etc.). The backstage sequences are not particularly enlightening, and the interviews lack depth.
Still, the film is valuable if only for its recording of a group of great and sadly unappreciated American musicians who have toiled far too long in relative obscurity. Watching Stanley perform a stark, a cappella version of the mournful "O Death", Hartford comically warble through "Big Rock Candy Mountain" or the Cox Family raising chills with their rendition of "I Am Weary", one is vividly reminded of the utter triviality of most modern-day popular music.
DOWN FROM THE MOUNTAIN
Cowboy Booking International
Directors:Nick Doob, Chris Hegedus, D.A. Pennebaker
Executive producers:T-Bone Burnett, Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Producers:Bob Neuwirth, Frazer Pennebaker
Cinematographers:Joan Churchill, Jim Desmond, Nick Doob, Chris Hegedus, Bob Neuwirth, Jehane Noujaim, D.A. Pennebaker, John Paul Pennebaker
Editors:Nick Doob, D.A. Pennebaker
Color/stereo
Running time -- 98 minutes
No MPAA rating...
You can't accuse the Coen brothers of neglecting the synergy involved in their use of classic American bluegrass and country music in their recent film. Featuring such performers as bluegrass legend Ralph Stanley, Emmylou Harris, Alison Krauss, The Fairfield Four, Gillian Welch and David Rawlings, Chris Thomas King, Norman Blake and the late John Hartford, the soundtrack has become one of the biggest surprise hits of the year. This film -- by the documentary team of Nick Doob, Chris Hegedus, and D.A. Pennebaker, and executive produced by T-Bone Burnett (the album producer) and the Coen brothers -- documents a concert at Nashville's historic Ryman Auditorium in May 2000 featuring music from "O Brother". It is playing an exclusive theatrical engagement at New York's Screening Room.
Mixing onstage performances by the various artists with backstage interviews in which they discuss their music and their involvement with "O Brother", "Down From the Mountain", while it offers many stirring musical performances, doesn't stand out either as a concert film or an enlightening documentary. The musical segments are filmed in lackluster style, with little of the flair or excitement of the better concert films ("The Last Waltz", etc.). The backstage sequences are not particularly enlightening, and the interviews lack depth.
Still, the film is valuable if only for its recording of a group of great and sadly unappreciated American musicians who have toiled far too long in relative obscurity. Watching Stanley perform a stark, a cappella version of the mournful "O Death", Hartford comically warble through "Big Rock Candy Mountain" or the Cox Family raising chills with their rendition of "I Am Weary", one is vividly reminded of the utter triviality of most modern-day popular music.
DOWN FROM THE MOUNTAIN
Cowboy Booking International
Directors:Nick Doob, Chris Hegedus, D.A. Pennebaker
Executive producers:T-Bone Burnett, Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Producers:Bob Neuwirth, Frazer Pennebaker
Cinematographers:Joan Churchill, Jim Desmond, Nick Doob, Chris Hegedus, Bob Neuwirth, Jehane Noujaim, D.A. Pennebaker, John Paul Pennebaker
Editors:Nick Doob, D.A. Pennebaker
Color/stereo
Running time -- 98 minutes
No MPAA rating...
- 6/26/2001
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
First, there was the film, "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" And the film begot a soundtrack. And the soundtrack begot a concert. And the concert begot another film. And that film begot another soundtrack. And so on.
You can't accuse the Coen brothers of neglecting the synergy involved in their use of classic American bluegrass and country music in their recent film. Featuring such performers as bluegrass legend Ralph Stanley, Emmylou Harris, Alison Krauss, The Fairfield Four, Gillian Welch and David Rawlings, Chris Thomas King, Norman Blake and the late John Hartford, the soundtrack has become one of the biggest surprise hits of the year. This film -- by the documentary team of Nick Doob, Chris Hegedus, and D.A. Pennebaker, and executive produced by T-Bone Burnett (the album producer) and the Coen brothers -- documents a concert at Nashville's historic Ryman Auditorium in May 2000 featuring music from "O Brother". It is playing an exclusive theatrical engagement at New York's Screening Room.
Mixing onstage performances by the various artists with backstage interviews in which they discuss their music and their involvement with "O Brother", "Down From the Mountain", while it offers many stirring musical performances, doesn't stand out either as a concert film or an enlightening documentary. The musical segments are filmed in lackluster style, with little of the flair or excitement of the better concert films ("The Last Waltz", etc.). The backstage sequences are not particularly enlightening, and the interviews lack depth.
Still, the film is valuable if only for its recording of a group of great and sadly unappreciated American musicians who have toiled far too long in relative obscurity. Watching Stanley perform a stark, a cappella version of the mournful "O Death", Hartford comically warble through "Big Rock Candy Mountain" or the Cox Family raising chills with their rendition of "I Am Weary", one is vividly reminded of the utter triviality of most modern-day popular music.
DOWN FROM THE MOUNTAIN
Cowboy Booking International
Directors:Nick Doob, Chris Hegedus, D.A. Pennebaker
Executive producers:T-Bone Burnett, Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Producers:Bob Neuwirth, Frazer Pennebaker
Cinematographers:Joan Churchill, Jim Desmond, Nick Doob, Chris Hegedus, Bob Neuwirth, Jehane Noujaim, D.A. Pennebaker, John Paul Pennebaker
Editors:Nick Doob, D.A. Pennebaker
Color/stereo
Running time -- 98 minutes
No MPAA rating...
You can't accuse the Coen brothers of neglecting the synergy involved in their use of classic American bluegrass and country music in their recent film. Featuring such performers as bluegrass legend Ralph Stanley, Emmylou Harris, Alison Krauss, The Fairfield Four, Gillian Welch and David Rawlings, Chris Thomas King, Norman Blake and the late John Hartford, the soundtrack has become one of the biggest surprise hits of the year. This film -- by the documentary team of Nick Doob, Chris Hegedus, and D.A. Pennebaker, and executive produced by T-Bone Burnett (the album producer) and the Coen brothers -- documents a concert at Nashville's historic Ryman Auditorium in May 2000 featuring music from "O Brother". It is playing an exclusive theatrical engagement at New York's Screening Room.
Mixing onstage performances by the various artists with backstage interviews in which they discuss their music and their involvement with "O Brother", "Down From the Mountain", while it offers many stirring musical performances, doesn't stand out either as a concert film or an enlightening documentary. The musical segments are filmed in lackluster style, with little of the flair or excitement of the better concert films ("The Last Waltz", etc.). The backstage sequences are not particularly enlightening, and the interviews lack depth.
Still, the film is valuable if only for its recording of a group of great and sadly unappreciated American musicians who have toiled far too long in relative obscurity. Watching Stanley perform a stark, a cappella version of the mournful "O Death", Hartford comically warble through "Big Rock Candy Mountain" or the Cox Family raising chills with their rendition of "I Am Weary", one is vividly reminded of the utter triviality of most modern-day popular music.
DOWN FROM THE MOUNTAIN
Cowboy Booking International
Directors:Nick Doob, Chris Hegedus, D.A. Pennebaker
Executive producers:T-Bone Burnett, Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Producers:Bob Neuwirth, Frazer Pennebaker
Cinematographers:Joan Churchill, Jim Desmond, Nick Doob, Chris Hegedus, Bob Neuwirth, Jehane Noujaim, D.A. Pennebaker, John Paul Pennebaker
Editors:Nick Doob, D.A. Pennebaker
Color/stereo
Running time -- 98 minutes
No MPAA rating...
- 6/20/2001
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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