Re: (TV) Indulge me/OT Nick Cave/Sundance

[Ty Burr <tyburr@mindspring.com>]

Been out of town for a while so just got back to the Frappr site -- 
what a wonderful thing, thanks Keith! Leo I know because we see each 
other skulking at local Boston shows, but for everyone else, face and 
online persona are a sideways match in really good, unexpected ways. 
Hey, Robin, forgive me if you've already covered this, but who's the 
grande dame in the wheelchair?

I've been at the Sundance film fest for the last week, which is only 
relevant here because I got to meet Nick Cave at a party for this 
excellent outback western he wrote and scored, "The Proposition" (opens 
in theaters this spring, I think, and recommended if you're into Leone 
or Peckinpah or Cave or Guy Pearce). The man exudes an actual, physical 
force-field of cool; I was unable to maintain journalistic impartiality 
and babbled like a teenage girl. He was very pleasant in spite of this. 
(He also sings two songs in the Leonard Cohen concert film that 
screened here; it's Nick Cave's Sundance, we just live in it.)

Two other movies there that might be of interest to list-members: 
"American Hardcore," a nice documentary on the US punk bands of the 
Reagan era -- Minor Threat, Circle Jerks, Black Flag, etc etc. Gets 
points for A) covering the scenes in all the cities, not just Southern 
California, B) making Henry Rollins look like a pussy, and C) reminding 
us how very good Bad Brains were. Also, "Heart of Gold," the new Neil 
Young concert movie directed by Jonathan Demme, which was a lot better 
than I was expecting (my expectations were medium low). It's acoustic 
Neil rather than electric but given his recent medical emergencies and 
family losses, there's a lot of death hanging around the fringes. 
Different than "Stop Making Sense," obviously, but not unworthy of 
comparison. Pretty moving, actually.

There was a Beastie Boys movie there too, but I didn't see it.

Sorry, I'm still in reportorial mode. And on mountain time. Good night.

Ty
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