Year of the Horse (1997)
Indie director Jim Jarmusch lenses a low-tech tribute to protean rocker Neil Young and his long-standing band, Crazy Horse. Stitched together from archival material shot in 1976 and 1986 along with candid scenes of Young and the band kicking back between shows, this rockumentary is as ragged as it is direct.
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Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!
I don't have all the words right now but this film is a work of art.
Brilliant and touching
A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.
Felt obliged to write a review as none of the reviews posted so far seem to have been from people who saw this at the cinema. I was lucky enough to catch this in 97 at a film festival and the memory of it still lingers. The talking heads interviews are unmemorable, but the live concert footage is incredible. It's some of the rawest, most powerful and yet subtly controlled rock music to have ever been captured. I's also nice to see some essentially middle-aged guys rock out big time. It's hypnotic and savage, and every time Neil hits his custom big red box and kicks into a solo you can feel the passion oozing from the man. If you want something polished you'd be better of with some Pet Shop Boy's videos, but if you're after authentic blood, sweat and tears take a chance on this. And for god's sake either turn it up very loud or better still put some cans on and get the full effect.
Jim Jarmusch (Broken Flowers, Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai) directed this documentary (his only one) of Neil Young and Crazy Horse's 1996 concert tour.Jarmusch's grainy, home-movie style make this a very interesting film as we look into the background of the band.Ten songs including "F*ckin' up", "Slips Away", and "Tonight's the Night". The only complaint I had about the music was Neil Young's guitar solos. They seemed to go on forever.This movie is really for Neil Young fans. 20+ years of music history in a couple of hours.
I've been a moderate Neil Young fan for years but never saw him play.I've always enjoyed the chunky feedback laden sound of his work with Crazy Horse but never realized how much like the Grateful Dead they were. As I watched the three guitarists together on stage, they reminded me of the witches in Macbeth in the way that they huddled together, bouncing up and down, churning out this amazing wall of sound and power. While it wasn't "The Last Waltz", I thought it was pretty good.
This film is a great documentary, i was not a fan of Neil young but was won over by this kooky depiction of Young's band crazy horse, Great music interesting people, the real life subjects of this movie resemble Jarmusch's loveable offbeat fictional charicters. A good Friday night film watch it