Heartworn Highways Revisited
January. 30,2015
On the 38th anniversary of the seminal music documentary, Heartworn Highways - a film that explored and captured the nascent roots of the Outlaw Country movement in the mid-70s - this followup documentary celebrates the authenticity and expresses the feelings of the legendary original, via a community of contemporary "outlaws" living and creating music in Nashville, Tennessee.
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Simply A Masterpiece
Very interesting film. Was caught on the premise when seeing the trailer but unsure as to what the outcome would be for the showing. As it turns out, it was a very good film.
I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.
Good films always raise compelling questions, whether the format is fiction or documentary fact.
This has only 11 ratings at the time of writing this, but I caught it on a Sky Arts streaming service in the UK, so more people might see it. If you're a fan of the original 70s documentary.. be warned.I made it about halfway through. An aged Guy Clark pops up and there's input from David Allen Coe (maybe not exclusive to this doc), but most of the film follows performances and downtime of a few young, modern Nashville musicians. All of them forgettable.After a couple of songs by two of these perps, I had coined the phrase "Coldplay country" in my head and it really got no better. The songs are weak and whiney in a way that their 70s forebears were not, interspersed with bizarre U2-esque howling; played by off-the-peg hipsters with bad tattoos and Asos denim; all of whom have a smug yet self-conscious, quiet arrogance that make them eminently punchable. There's a low point where one of these goons talks about how easy it has been for him to buy a fairly large house, and how he intends to become a landlord off the back of the purchase.I do not think Townes Van Zandt was ever a landlord. You have been warned.
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