Steineded How sad is this?

Skunkyrate Gripping story with well-crafted characters

Konterr Brilliant and touching

Rio Hayward All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

Dennis A. Brown I'm watching and listening as I write this review.I guess I've been a "closet" Neil Young fan for years. I often wondered how someone with a voice that didn't have resonance and was a bit tinny and nasal, could capture my interest.Mr. Young keeps me coming back to this documentary. He's brought a few of his friends, and does a superb job of keeping the audience entertained. For me, country and folk don't always mix, but Neil and his friends do an incredible job of taking both and making them into two hours of great music.I was especially taken by "Old Man", and my favorite song of all time "Four Strong Winds. Neil's rendition of "Four Strong Winds" is right up there with Ian Tyson's and Brenda Fricker's version.Jonathan Demme's camera positions and movement between the performers adds a great deal of warmth, and the cast seems to be singing to the viewer. They all seem to really enjoy bringing the music to us.The only sadness I note, is the passing of Rick Rosas, Neil's bass player. Mr. Rosas was a real master of his art, and he's missed.A well made documentary, and a great tribute to Neil Young's music.

dbdumonteil Neil Young has always been one of my favorite singers.In my opinion,in America he is second only to Bob Dylan.I have loved "Rust never sleeps" his self-made (Shakey!) second film;the first one "journey thru the past" is unfortunately a throwaway.The atmosphere of "Heart of Gold" is in direct contrast to that of "Rust" .Neil and his friends (feat Emmylou Harris always as fresh as a daisy)are playing in Nashville and of course ,they turn the country on.The music you are going to hear is magnificent country-folk-rock.The first part of the concert is devoted to the "Prairie Wind" album and all the live versions are superior to the studio cuts ,which is as well,for I do not think this album was that much great in the first place (as a country album,I found it inferior to "Comes a Time" or even "Old ways" ).On stage ,these songs are given a new life and they are brilliant.The second part ,a true delight from start to finish ,focuses on Young's country albums "Harvest" "Comes a Time" and "Harvest Moon".And they are all tremendous;"Old king" which was undistinguished as a studio track is exciting and quite infectious."Comes a Time" and the Canadian hymn "Four strong winds " by Ian Tyson (I urge the users to buy an Ian and Sylvia compilation;they should not be forgotten)are given majestic treatments.The atmosphere is happy but Neil Young tells his audience that people his age begin to lose their dear ones ;even if he sings it ,he is not a child anymore ,and his movie is dedicated to his late father .It's not surprising if the film ends with "the old laughing lady" (who leaves nothing at all) ,a song Neil recorded on his very first solo album,which the artist performs solo .Old man,we are a lot like you were.And like you,we will die alone.

paudie I really enjoyed this film. A must for all Neil Young fans.It is a concert film rather than a documentary so don't expect a "No DirectionHome" type of film. There are a few interviews from artists in the concert about how they met Young etc and a very brief comment at the start from the man himself.The first half of the concert footage featured songs from the Prairie Winds album. I hadn't heard any of this material before but thought it was excellent. Young says a few words before some of the songs and a lot of them seem to relate to memories of his childhood.Perhaps they were inspired on by his illness(he's now recovered), which is alluded to briefly.The second part of the film (filmed on a different night I believe) features many of the classics from Young's long career.I heard someone coming out of the cinema saying they could have watched that film all night and can only agree.

freekwellerdieck As the first genre listed on IMDb for this "movie" was Documentary i watched it expecting a documentary. As it turns out that genre is probably only referring to the first 5 or so minutes of the movie. The rest of the runtime is just a concert registration, which was a shame for me. I'm not a fan of Neil Young or his music, i just watched the movie to watch a legend talk, the same way i watched Walk The Line to broaden my horizon, even though I'm no fan of Johnny Cash.The concert is well played and well recorded, but if you're not into Neil Young it's not very entertaining. There is hardly any show element, it only proves that he can play live just as well as in a studio.