There was a surprise musical treat in my mailbox tonight from the publicity department at AFI when I logged in for messages.
In addition to a press notice about the much anticipated Neil Young documentary screening next week (November 4th) at Mann's Chinese Theatre, there was a link to a dynamite website brimming with sensory overload and a precious clip of the celebrated performer at the height of his musical game.
To take a delicious peak surf to the following link:
http://www.trunkshowmovie.com/
A fan of Young for many moons, I plan to catch the Jonathan Demme doc which critics claim captures the multi-talented artist's musical and spiritual soul.
A tall order to fill, indeed!
A bevy of tantalizing insightful images include those of 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.
Acoustic numbers abound, and stir the emotions, too.
("Sad Movies" & "Mexico")
References have been made to a handful of Young musings curiously labelled "electric travelogues into the artist’s psyche".
Can't wait to indulge in 'em!
Rarely performed pieces such as "Kansas" and "Ambulance Blues" will surely provide insightful glances into the artist's normally-private persona producers have noted.
In what is being hailed as a "Collection of the Ages", Neil goes full throttle, sings from the heart.
Jonathan Demme is considered one of Hollywood’s most critically acclaimed directors who lensed the doc bio on the remarkable survivor that is Neil Young full tilt.
Numerous prize-getting films he helmed in a breeze include - " The Silence of the Lambs" (1991) and the tearl-jerker "Philadelphia" (1993) - which was the front-runner in the dash to inform and educate an ignorant North American society about the ravages of the killer HIV virus that caused many to succumb to A.I.D.S. at the end stages of the disease.
SOMETHING WILD (1986) and MARRIED TO THE MOB (1988) were pleasant forays into differing realms that captured the hearts and imagination of filmgoers across the board which is a testament to his great gift in storytelling.
Demme’s most recent feature is RACHEL GETTING MARRIED (2008), which was well-received a year ago at the Venice Film Festival.
The talented two will undoubtedly pack a whallop at the glittering premiere at the Mann Wednesday next.
See 'ya there!
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