David Crosby: Remember My Name

Name: David Crosby: Remember My Name
Genre: Music, Documentary
Released: July 19, 2019
Duration: 95 min
Rating: 80
Cast: Cameron Crowe, David Crosby, Graham Nash, Henry Diltz, Henry Dlitz

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Sony Pictures Classics | Release Date: July 19, 2019 | Not Rated

Starring: Cameron Crowe, David Crosby, Graham Nash, Henry Diltz, Henry Dlitz, Jackson Browne, Jan Crosby, Neil Young, Roger McGuinn, Stephen Stills

Summary: David Crosby reflects on his life of music stardom, while forging new oaths to relevancy at his age of 77 in this deeply personal documentary.

Director: A.J. Eaton

Genre(s): Music, Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 95 min

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Joel Selvin

Jul 27, 2019

A brilliantly realized, Hollywood-sleek documentary produced by Cameron Crowe, A-list director and onetime boy wonder Rolling Stone reporter who not only conducts the film’s current interviews, but is also shown at age 16 in 1974 doing his first interview with Crosby. Read full review

IndieWire Kate Erbland

Feb 1, 2019

The typical trappings of a reflective documentary about a larger-than-life star are all there, from nods to the weight of stardom and how political leanings can both help and harm a talent on the rise, but they’re made bigger and richer because it’s Crosby who is acknowledging them, unblinking. Read full review

Peter Travers

Jul 18, 2019

What makes David Crosby: Remember My Name one of the best rock documentaries of all time is the no-bull immediacy of the filmmaking. Read full review

Leslie Felperin

Feb 1, 2019

Remarkably, it never comes across as fawning or hagiographic. Instead, Crosby and his interviewers collaborate to create something that feels honest and insightful. Read full review

Ty Burr

Aug 3, 2019

While Crosby is painfully frank throughout this documentary about his knack for destroying friendships and driving people away (we learn in one brief aside that there’s a daughter who hasn’t spoken to him in years), one senses that it’s easier for him to say these things now than to have done the hard, human work of repair. David Crosby: Remember My Name is a testament of achievement and a portrait of ego, but it never quite gets past its subject’s illusions to properly consider his art. Read full review

Oliver Jones

Jul 17, 2019

Produced by Cameron Crowe, who interviewed Crosby as a young journalist for Rolling Stone in 1974, the film spins a powerful and enlightening fable about the ultimate cost of survival. It’s about what happens when the most reckless and bridge-burning among us ends up being rock’s Harry Potter — i.e. the boy who lives — and must sift through the guilt and wreckage of all the relationships left in his wake. Read full review

Marjorie Baumgarten

Aug 14, 2019

The film is sure to be of interest to anyone who wants to learn more about the beginnings of the California folk-rock scene. Crosby’s reflections are interesting, if not always illuminating. Crowe asks probing questions, yet the answers Crosby provides don’t dig very deep. Read full review

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Brent_Marchant

Aug 2, 2019

Hands down, one of the best music/celebrity biographical documentaries I have ever seen. This profile of influential singer-songwriter David Crosby is more than just a nostalgic stroll down memory lane. It's an unflinchingly candid look at someone nearing life's end who wants to bare hisHands down, one of the best music/celebrity biographical documentaries I have ever seen. This profile of influential singer-songwriter David Crosby is more than just a nostalgic stroll down memory lane. It's an unflinchingly candid look at someone nearing life's end who wants to bare his soul, make reparations for whatever he can with the time he has left and leave the world with as much of his gift as he's able to create. Through uncensored interviews with the artist and those who know him, as well as a wealth of archive photos and footage, viewers are treated to an honest, introspective look at one of the most influential musicians of the '60s and '70s and someone who has had more than his share of ups and downs. Executive producer Cameron Crowe has put together one helluva picture here -- don't miss it.… Expand

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HollywoodGlee

Nov 27, 2019

David Crosby: Remember My Name, a revealing and deeply personal documentary produced by Cameron Crowe (Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Say Anything..., Jerry Maguire, Almost Famous, and Tom Petty's Heartbreakers Beach Party)
and from first-time documentarian A.J. Eaton, explores the life andDavid Crosby: Remember My Name, a revealing and deeply personal documentary produced by Cameron Crowe (Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Say Anything..., Jerry Maguire, Almost Famous, and Tom Petty's Heartbreakers Beach Party)
and from first-time documentarian A.J. Eaton, explores the life and creative renaissance of music icon David Crosby while giving Crosby a platform to make amends to all his legendary bandmates from Roger McGuinn of the Byrds to Graham Nash of Crosby, Stills and Nash. Both bands are in the Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame. Crosby claims he is entitled to a third induction with the Supergroup of Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young and who knows he may be right. He might even gain a forth induction for just the David Crosby Band.

Either way, A.J. Eaton had his work cut out for him. Crosby is a highly intelligent, enigmatic character and has been a cultural force for over fifty years. Crosby faced an uncertain future after the 2015 dissolution of Crosby, Stills and Nash following their uninspired and disastrous performance at the White House Christmas Tree lighting.

Racked with health issues and personal obstacles, Crosby has managed to forge a new path at the age of 76. Seeking out younger musicians and recording a pair of critically-praised new albums, Crosby has now set out to make a mark in a world now so different from the generation he came to define in the ’60s. With unflinching honesty, self-examination, regret, fear, exuberance and an unshakable belief in family and the transformative nature of music, Crosby shares his remarkable journey with humor and bite.

While known for his musical contributions, Crosby was also a leading humanist in the early days of the Los Angeles music scene even though Eaton mostly skips over this particular aspect of Crosby during this time. To his credit, Eaton reveals Crosby's humanism with the incriminating photograph of National Guard weapons being fired at Kent State. Eaton does include some iconic footage from The Byrds and CSN. Notably, Crosby's outspoken commentary at the Monterey Pop Festival. That's what makes Crosby, well, Crosby. Interspersed with the archival footage from concerts and television shows are still photographs from Crosby's early home life with some voice-over narration that captures endearing love for his mother and enduring love of women, especially his wife, Jan. And. there's the music. Artfully selected compositions underscore the magic of David Crosby's musicianship.

Interestingly, Eaton uses a non-linear approach with a startling effect that provides a powerful clarity to Crosby's psyche. The film starts with an extreme close-up of Crosby talking, the opening credit roll and the film takes off with David's imitation of his first encounter with legendary jazz-man John Coltrane. From here, the film became an exciting roller coaster ride, as I didn't know what was around the next corner. Utilizing band interviews from 2000, 2012, 2015 and a recent excursion through the Hollywood Hills and down the infamous Sunset Boulevard, I sat mesmerized when the ride came back into the station. This iconic figure had just, not only bared his ass, but had bared his soul - and what a sight it was to behold. Highly recommended!… Expand

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