With some of the gorgeous, but badly shot, Colorado mountains and wildlife. The band's live performances are pretty good but too, too much amateur film around it. The non-band soundtrack, which is mostly Young and his electric guitar, pales next to his classic guitar soundtracks, like the Malick film, Dead Man. Plus a bunch of nothing blues licks/songs. FYI, Willie is only in this for 5sec.
This throwback film makes me feel old as I am. I guess Young and Hannah still cling to the circa 1970 fad of being in a "cool" cowboy film with pop music, ala Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. Kids will think they are watching an old folks film.
If you have a message to get across, please don't make it "only for insiders" and those who "understand" Young's films. That's stupid. If you want to make an environmental statement that's effective, then do it right. Ditto mountain music video or live concert.
Pretty good jam in the middle, based on Cowgirl in the Sand. But left me wishing the actual song was in there somewhere. Nice version of Pocahontas, but underwhelming Peace Trail. Interesting version of Angel Flying Too Close to the Ground, by Willie's imitative son, Lukas, except it sounds too studio, but the players are often in the campfire's smoke lol. Hats off to them for sticking it out.
I figure the best thing is to mark the performance spots and ignore the rest, but why? Just go to YT and see all you want without bad acting, bad cinematography, bad direction, and all the cluelessness you don't want.
This throwback film makes me feel old as I am. I guess Young and Hannah still cling to the circa 1970 fad of being in a "cool" cowboy film with pop music, ala Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. Kids will think they are watching an old folks film.
If you have a message to get across, please don't make it "only for insiders" and those who "understand" Young's films. That's stupid. If you want to make an environmental statement that's effective, then do it right. Ditto mountain music video or live concert.
Pretty good jam in the middle, based on Cowgirl in the Sand. But left me wishing the actual song was in there somewhere. Nice version of Pocahontas, but underwhelming Peace Trail. Interesting version of Angel Flying Too Close to the Ground, by Willie's imitative son, Lukas, except it sounds too studio, but the players are often in the campfire's smoke lol. Hats off to them for sticking it out.
I figure the best thing is to mark the performance spots and ignore the rest, but why? Just go to YT and see all you want without bad acting, bad cinematography, bad direction, and all the cluelessness you don't want.