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This So-Called Disaster: Sam Shepard Directs the Late Henry Moss
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  • Starring: Nick Nolte, Sam Shepard, Sean Penn
  • Summary: After appearing in Michael Almereyda's film version of Hamlet (in which he played the ghost), Sam Shepard invited the filmmaker to document the staging of his most recent play, "The Late Henry Moss," when it premiered in San Francisco in the fall of 2000. The resulting documentary is a remarkable group portrait - a vivid look at masterful performers working their way through a process of creative discovery. (IFC Films)… Expand

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  1. Positive: 17 out of 18
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 18
  3. Negative: 0 out of 18
  1. Christian Science Monitor
    Reviewed by: David Sterritt
    100
    Almereyda's movie is riveting for several reasons: its inside look at Shepard in action, its vivid account of how a challenging play is brought from printed page to public stage, and its glimpses of Shepard's troubled youth.
  2. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Dana Stevens
    90
    Fascinating. Anyone interested in the challenges and techniques of acting -- which is really to say, anyone interested in human behavior -- should turn off E! and head down to Mr. Almereyda's film.
  3. The A.V. Club
    Reviewed by: Scott Tobias
    50
    The scattered insights in This So-Called Disaster aren't worth the sifting it takes to find them.

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