The war in Iraq is at the centre of debate as the CSNY Freedom of Speech Tour criss-crosses America. The film examines the band's connection to its audience in both political and musical terms and examines the relationship between Vietnam-era anti-war sentient and today's post-9/11 environment. A Vietnam veteran sums it all up: It's deja vu all over again.
In Greendale Neil Young has made what he calls a ""musical novel "" telling the story of a three generational family a cop's inadvertent murder and the sociopolitical evolution of a girl named Sun Green. Not a concert film Young directed actors on locations on his Northern California home turf to create his Greendale a rural town microcosm of a world in crisis. He shot the film himself on a German Super 8 underwater camera he loves. Then it was blown up to 35mm giving the film a ro
A concept album based around the fictional town of Greendale Young draws on the experiences of a range of inhabitants and forms songs around their daily lives. Tracklist: 1. Falling From Above 2. Double E 3. Leave The Driving 4. Bandit 5. Carmichael 6. Devil's Sidewalk 7. Grandpa's Interview 8. Bringin' Down Dinner 9. Sun Green 10. Be The Rain
Cinematographer, occasional film director, and, yes, longtime rock star Neil Young personally made (under the silly pseudonym Bernard Shakey) the fascinating, strangely affecting, and feature-length experiment Greendale as an after-the-fact movie to accompany his CD of the same name. Shot with low-tech equipment, the grainy, overlit Greendale sets a dreamy, David Lynch-like mood as Young tells the story of the fictional Green family, who live in a Northern California town that bears their name. Multi-generational anti-war activists and pro-environmental warriors, the Greens become beleaguered in a world of intensifying media scrutiny, corporate arrogance, personal tragedy, and the devil himself (in the form of a dancing dude in a red suit), culminating in the family's disillusionment and renewed commitment. There's no dialogue: The lyrics of Young's song cycle speak for the characters, making Greendale a novel hybrid of music video and visionary movie. --Tom Keogh
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