Set aside the bad memories of Neil Young's misconceived parable GREENDALE (2004): Young returns to the screen in peak form in Jonathan Demme's warm and surprisingly intimate concert film, shot at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium, the original home of the Grand Ole Opry. On August 19, 2005, Young picked up the scratched acoustic guitar that once belonged to none other than Hank Williams and took the legendary Ryman stage to debut music from his latest album,
Prairie Wind, written and largely recorded shortly after Young was diagnosed with a brain aneurysm. Not surprisingly, the album's songs have an elegiac, retrospective feel: recollections of Young's Winnipeg chi...
Released:
2005
Rated:
PG
Length:
103 mins