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| ACTORS: | Jim Jarmusch, Neil Young |
| CATEGORY: | DVD |
| DIRECTOR: | Jim Jarmusch |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 08 October, 1997 |
| MANUFACTURER: | Super D / Phantom So |
| MPAA RATING: | R (Restricted) |
| FEATURES: | Color |
| TYPE: | Music Video - Pop/Rock |
| MEDIA: | DVD |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 766483239664 |
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Customer Reviews of Year of the Horse
Grungy, Grainy, Gritty, and Great I ordered the DVD of "Year of The Horse" after first seeing it (in glorious mono) recently on the Independent Film Channel. I was awestruck by the juxtaposition of recent and archival footage, as well as the intense, lyrical quality of the band's music on such tracks as "She Slipped Away" (my personal favorite).
I've been a Young / Crazy Horse fan for more than twenty years, and this film gave me new insight into the band, both as individuals and as artists.
Jarmusch's use of grainy super 8 film for most of the modern footage perfectly complements the raw, edgy quality of the band's music. The Dolby 5.1 soundtrack is first-class. Why four stars and not five? I wish the film were longer, with more concert footage!
Check this one out whether you're a fan or not.
Actually, I've seen this more than once. The first time, I had the priveldge of seeing it on a large screen in a movie theater with an excellent sound system. Of course the film is better on large screen format, but I still enjoyed it playing on a TV in a darkened room with the sound blaring from my stereo system turned up loud. Watching this film, I had the feeling that old time Crazy Horse fans could easily be off-put by a film which contains a high volume of photographic evidence clearly showing Neil Young, and the other members of Crazy Horse, as rock stars grown into the bodies of old men. The nostalgic footage, in the film, reveals more of a glory days version of Crazy Horse, and offers up an interesting dichotomy of the band's intrinsic character for what is now and what was then. Historically, I've always been somewhat neutral about the music of Crazy Horse, but still enjoyed the band as a film subject, and really liked the music in the film; not the band's best perfomances, but pretty cool performances just the same. This didn't play out like a kitcsh video album, or any such nonsense, but as more of a character study of a band that has been around longer and through more than any feature length movie could really encapsulate. But on that note, I felt JJ's direction gave one a good base for educated interpolation on the subject. Definately recommended.
this is a masterpiece
One bandmate jestingly complains that some artsy filmmaker from NYC can't get to the essence of Crazy Horse (and what they've gone thru for 30 years) , but Jim Jarmusch gets as close to it as you can in 107 minutes. The band members open up, each individually interviewed in a basement with a washing machine in the background, in their hotel rooms, and on the tour bus. And the concert footage from different eras is often stunning. Some of the complaints below are essentially that the film is non-linear but these critics miss the point because this is an artists depiction of fellow artists and the artists he's depicting are masters of the psychedelic experience. It's NOT supposed to be linear. My favorite parts were Jarmusch's visual dipictions to go along with the music (far better than any MTV videos), they are simply stunning compositions, they are as true to the music as can be, they add to the music. This is a must for those into the artistic psychedelic experience. Roll one up, have a few bottles of wine, strap yourself in and enjoy the trip!