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Echotone

Summary Internationally known as ‘The Live Music Capital of the World,’ Austin’s music culture has led it to become one of the world’s most sought-after destinations. As nearly two dozen high-rises pop up throughout the city amidst economic downfall, how does the working musician get along? This lyrical documentary provides a telescopic view in...

Directed By: Nathan Christ

  • 2011
  • Not Rated
  • Digital Media Rights
  • 1 h 30 m
  • 2011
  • Not Rated
  • Digital Media Rights
  • 1 h 30 m

Echotone

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 5 Critic Reviews
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Summary Internationally known as ‘The Live Music Capital of the World,’ Austin’s music culture has led it to become one of the world’s most sought-after destinations. As nearly two dozen high-rises pop up throughout the city amidst economic downfall, how does the working musician get along? This lyrical documentary provides a telescopic view in...

Directed By: Nathan Christ

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80
Sep 8, 2011
The realities in Nathan Christ's impressive documentary Echotone are, sadly, nothing new. But the emotions surrounding them are nevertheless compelling.
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70
Sep 6, 2011
Too vital for elegy, Echotone tells an old story whose beginning - the inception of a vibrant creative hub - remains mysterious, although the end is easy to predict.
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67
Sep 6, 2011
Echotone is scattered, for sure (the sound ordinance battle is poorly handled), but as an anecdotal account of Austin in the first decade of a new century, it's rarely anything less than compelling.
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Sep 6, 2011
There's a potentially fascinating and appreciably more concise 60-minute documentary to be found somewhere amid the uneven and unfocused 88-minute hodgepodge that is Echotone.
By Joe Leydon FULL REVIEW
50
Sep 6, 2011
Director Nathan Christ dithers between fashioning the film as a glossing study of metropolitan personality and a virtual advertisement for the groups included.
By Joseph Jon Lanthier FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Reversal Films, KNR Productions
Release Date Sep 9, 2011
Duration 1 h 30 m
Rating Not Rated
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Website http://www.facebook.com/echotonefilm
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