Calling all Neil Young fans!
Posted by Anna on Thursday, 30 Apr 2009
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Don't miss this 35mm screening of the brilliant Rust Never Sleeps (USA, exempt, 103 mins) this Saturday night at the Film Archive. Tickets are $8 ($6 concession) and this feature length documentary could sell out so get your tickets now.
The Godfather of Grunge is in essential (read: grungy) form on this acclaimed live video, widely considered to be the best record of Neil Young's spectacular concert presence. Filmed in 1978, Young and his backing band, Crazy Horse, rip through sixteen of his best songs, including Like A Hurricane, Cinnamon Girl, and the modern classic, After the Goldrush.
Rust Never Sleeps is one of those rare concert films that renews one's faith in rock and roll. Tell your Dad.
Holy Crap!!!!
Totally worth the $8! I'm amazed the Film Archive is showing this... (I'm a huge neil young fan, obviously).
This is a really interesting concert film. It's weird by any standard. Neil's roadies are dressed up like Jawas from Star Wars with glowing eyes, and they shuffle around stage between songs and bring out giant tuning forks, etc. There's random audio clips from Woodstock, and lots of other things that don't make sense.. including a guy dressed up as someone from Devo that rappels down from the ceiling.
That guy dressed like someone from Devo probably is someone from Devo, since Devo opened for Neil Young on that tour.
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