Neil Young Trunk Show

Name: Neil Young Trunk Show
Genre: Music, Documentary
Released: March 19, 2010
Duration: 82 min
Rating: 83

2010

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Abramorama | Release Date: March 19, 2010

Summary: Trunk Show: a traveling display of unique goods, packed and unpacked along the way. Neil Young Trunk Show: Jonathan Demme's display of Neil Young's musical and spiritual soul. Young on a stage full of personal icons; alone in the center of a circle of his beloved acoustic guitars; in the midst of stellar musicians Ben Keith, Ralph Molina,Trunk Show: a traveling display of unique goods, packed and unpacked along the way. Neil Young Trunk Show: Jonathan Demme's display of Neil Young's musical and spiritual soul. Young on a stage full of personal icons; alone in the center of a circle of his beloved acoustic guitars; in the midst of stellar musicians Ben Keith, Ralph Molina, Rick Rosas, Pegi Young and Anthony "Sweet Pea" Crawford, plus an onstage painter portrayed by Eric Johnson. There are delicately offered acoustic numbers like "Sad Movies" and "Mexico"; mesmerizing electric travelogues into the artist's psyche ("No Hidden Path"); searing, chaotic anthems including "Like a Hurricane" and "Cinammon Girl"; and rarely performed pieces like "Kansas" and "Ambulance Blues" that provide glimpses of Young's less public persona. Shot with a mix of video and film cameras, mostly handheld, NYTS presents the kinetic reality of a Neil Young performance in breathtakingly intimate fashion. Young and his band are captured with great immediacy, often in dramatically long takes that let the viewer experience Young opening up his heart song by song, and then blowing it all away in heated, uninhibited displays of rock and roll power. (Fortissimo Films)… Expand

Director: Jonathan Demme

Genre(s): Music, Documentary

Runtime: 82 min

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Stephen Cole

An impressionistic work that is perfectly in tune with its subject’s hallucinatory music. Read full review

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Elizabeth Weitzman

If he has overlooked your favorites, have faith: There’s plenty left in the trunk for that promised encore. Read full review

Peter Margasak

The music sounds terrific, with Young's wizened expression and rheumy eyes belied by the storming intensity of his performances. Demme has said, "If you're not a Neil Young fan, don't waste your time," and that's really all you need to know. Read full review

Justin Lowe

While Demme's latest doc might not fully express the sublime arc of Young's career, it's another worthy contribution to the artist's lifelong body of work. Read full review

Keith Phipps

Demme’s excitement for Young and his music is evident throughout, and the songs fit comfortably in the unvarnished setting. Read full review

Boxoffice Magazine Ray Greene

It’s a marvelous document of a still vital musician whose unbending indifference to pop fashion has proven him more creatively durable than any other figure from the golden ’60s moment that gave birth to his career. Read full review

Ty Burr

The movie’s not all glorious noise. Read full review

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