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Ralph Molina,
Ralph Molina,
Frank (Pancho) Sempedro,
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Jim Jarmusch,
Jim Jarmusch
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: Polygram USA Video
: Documentary, Independent, Music, Music Videos/Performance, Documentary, Music
: 109 min.
: English
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Independent film hero Jim Jarmusch followed Neil Young & Crazy Horse during their 1996 world tour and captured it on handheld Super-8. Spliced with archival footage shot by Young and with current interviews from all band members and Young's father, the result is not so much an overview of the band's career as an homage to the power of the band's consistent and timeless work as a four-piece. With three other Neil Young concert films available on home video (Rust Never Sleeps, Weld, Neil Young Unplugged) Year of the Horse seems a bit redundant, but was obviously a labor of love for Jarmusch. Though the current concert footage seems to drag on (Crazy Horse's propensity for endless jamming isn't exciting every night), the old backstage interviews and a classic clip of live Young from 1976 is worth the viewing. ~ Denise Sullivan, All Movie Guide
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| Rock's Gustav Mahler?
by JPielaszczyk
February 19, 2004 - 9:33 AM PST
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2 out of 5 members found this review helpful
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"Cowgirl in the Sand" synapse activated by Young's name, I took a chance. Though that song wasn't included, I enjoyed the music a bunch. Director Jarmusch put together a strong package.
Mahler (1860-1911) was the climax to the tonal edifice of five centuries of "classical" music. Like Neil/Crazy Horse, Gustav liked sprawling cosmologies, raga-like and well-developed complex harmonies, and long, carefully built crescendos. It's said that the most important elements in a musical performance are an awareness of and an impulse toward the overall arc of the piece's structure. Both musicians meet there. They also share--granted, off-putting to some--heart-on-sleeve emotionality/sincerity. Geezer rock may have its horrors, but these guys' symbiosis gets cosmic. Gus might have approved.
Hmm. . . Bjork and Anton Webern??
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| Year of the Horse
by RBuxbaum
September 6, 2003 - 8:28 PM PDT
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1 out of 5 members found this review helpful
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| Grainy film makes this a horribly confusing film to watch. The band knows four chords and that's what they play, endlessly. Now I know why Neil Young and Crazy Horse has a cult following and nothing else. |
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