Weld and the sonic youth tour helped position neil young as an alternative and grunge rock forefather, but he decided to abandon loud music for its 1992 followup, harvest moon. Heart of gold opens in theaters just two days after the grammys gives the documentary a whiff of promotion, but it is also of a piece with a lifes work that has included four. Neil young and jonathan demme on the pain and power of heart of gold a surgery, and the brain aneurysm that prompted it, served as catalysts for neil young. Rentals include 30 days to start watching this video and 48 hours to finish once started. Neil young heart of gold 2005 embed for hosted blogs and item tags.
In march 2005, neil young was diagnosed with a brain aneurysm. Proving that its neither better to burn out nor fade away, neil young. I gave it my hubby as part of his xmas gift, we saved it to watch on ny day wow really made our day. Feb 09, 2006 neil young and jonathan demme on the pain and power of heart of gold a surgery, and the brain aneurysm that prompted it, served as catalysts for neil young to create some of the most compelling. If youre a neil young fan, youll have a field day with this one. Neil young has experimented with film many times, but this is by far the most accessible cinematic treatment of his music. Filmmaker jonathan demme was on hand to film the shows, and neil young. Kubernik writes smartly on youngs studio and live albums and provides a complete discography of the artists recorded works. Neil young fans and those who are turned on to him by this film will probably want to buy the dvd when it comes out.
Heart of gold was culled from the best moments of those two concerts, as well as interviews in which young talks about his. It documents youngs premiere of his songs from his album prairie wind at the ryman auditorium. Young clutches his battered guitar on loan from the late hank williams on the nashville stage that was once home to the grand ole opry. Like heart of gold, journeys was filmed over the course of two nights of musical performances. Heart of gold, featuring young and his musical friends playing nine of the albums 10 songs, during a twoday stint at the ryman auditorium in nashville, the original home of the grand ole opry. An explicit sequel to his 1972 breakthrough, harvest moon became young s biggest hit in years, and he supported the record with an appearance on mtv unplugged, which. The film was made in the summer of 2005 in nashville, tennessee, premiered at the sundance film festival, and was released to theaters on. Neil young and jonathan demme on the pain and power of. The albums live premiere in nashville was recorded by filmmaker jonathan demme in the 2006 film neil young. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comic con new york comic con sundance toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events celebs born today most popular celebs most popular celebs celebrity news. So, while the film is excellent, the music is a little bit less than you would like. Turns out, that was the first time taylor had ever touched one. The film was produced in the summer of 2005 in nashville, tennessee.
The only real issue with heart of gold is that the film is focused so heavily on prairie wind. Heart of gold to sing what he calls the most beautiful song ever composed, i knew exactly which canadian piece it would be, for it was mine too. The straightforward concert film is an increasing rarity these days, so the arrival of neil young. Shot over the span of two nights in the summer of 2005 at ryman auditorium in nashville, tenn. Memorable quotes and exchanges from movies, tv series and more. Ive seen this film twice and must say that, with heart of gold, jonathan demme has created the definitive neil young concert this is as good as neil young gets and demme has captured him perfectly. Directed by academy award winner jonathan demme of silence of the lambs fame, its an excellent piece that effectively captures the spirit and the rough beauty of youngs music with style and grace. Neil young and jonathan demme on the pain and power of heart. After the successful operation and recovery period, he returned to nashville that august to play at the famed ryman auditorium, once again. May 11, 2006 when neil young breaks from singing his own lyrical compositions in neil young. May 21, 2012 filmmaker jonathan demme was on hand to film the shows, and neil young. Demme and young joined forces last august to make the concert film neil young. Soon after completing his criticallyacclaimed album prairie wind, rock legend neil young took the ryman auditorium the historic home of nashvilles grand old opry by storm, blowing away the audience with heartfelt renditions of recent songs and classic hits including the painter, heart of gold and harvest moon. Heart of gold 2006 starring neil young and pegi young on dvd and bluray.
On imdb tv, you can catch hollywood hits and popular tv series at no cost. Unable to stand for long periods of time, he could not play his electric guitar and so returned to his acoustic guitar, which he could play sitting down, according to the heart of gold songfacts, young handed guest star james taylor a banjo to play on this song. Now hes done the same favour for neil young, who was just recovering from a brain aneurysm when he delivered this twopart country set in nashville. Heart of gold is a 2006 american documentaryconcert film by jonathan demme, featuring neil young. Heart of gold, a spanish silent film directed by manuel noriega heart of gold 1941 film, a spanish comedy directed by ignacio f. Neil had just gotten over his aneurysm surgery and the loss of his father, so it was an emotional show. Neil young journeys is demmes latest and third film project with young, preceded by neil young.
Select any poster below to play the movie, totally free. When neil young breaks from singing his own lyrical compositions in neil young. Just great, would have loved it even more if i could have found neil young heart of gold dvd on a blu ray. Neil young has golden weekend february 14th, 2006 neil young. Heart of gold, a 2006 documentary and concert film by jonathan demme. Prairie wind is a decent, solid album, but it would not make even a top 15 neil young list. Heart of gold documents two nights of music courtesy of neil young and a few pals performed live at the ryman auditorium in nashville, tn. Heart of gold in 2006 and neil young trunk show in 2009. A film shot over during a twonight performance by neil young at nashvilles ryman. Neil digs around in his pockets trying to find the right harp and then plays a new song. Four days before he was scheduled for a lifesaving operation, he headed to nashville, where he wrote and recorded the country folk album prairie wind with old friends and family members. Ilona herzberg, jonathan demme, mia lee, neil young, paul deason. Heart of gold should be cause enough to inspire music buffs and cinephiles alike.
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