Re: (TV) Buckley movie

["Andy Ferguson" <afne04343@blueyonder.co.uk>]

Anyone know if its getting a general/dvd release?
I hate these things that are only on in festivals in London and Nice and
places like that!

Andy

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Russ Van Rooy" <russvr@pop.nwnexus.com>
To: <tv@obbard.com>
Sent: Sunday, October 09, 2005 10:12 PM
Subject: Re: (TV) Buckley movie


> I saw it and have pretty mixed feelings about it. On the one hand, lots
> of great footage and interviews. On the orther hand - so much left out -
> no mention of his father  ( Tim Buckley who had a longer and certainly
> impressive recording career, and whose voice and whose life was was
> hauntingly similar ), no mention of his early partnership with Gary
> Lucas, who helped write some of Buckleys' best songs like Mojo Pin, and
> maddenly little on his dealings with Verlaine;why for example, did he
> choose Verlaine to produce his second record... well I know it's because
> Buckly loved 'Marquee Moon', but this was never mentioned in the movie.
> What is apparent is the heavy handed editing , I would suspect, from
> Buckleys' mother and executrix. Not surprising I suppose,  but it takes
> from the accuracyu of an otherwise fine documentary. To get a fuller
> look at both Buckley I would suggest the excellent double-bio "Dream
> Brother" by David Browne .  Lastly, while it is true that Buckly is not
> nearly as well  known and/or appreciated in the US as he should be, by
> the look of the massive crowd attending the movie I went to ( very young
> looking crowd I would add ,though you get that in Portland), his
> popularity is continuing to grow.
> - Russ
>
> leif joley wrote:
>
> > Has anyone seen the documentary "Amazing Grace: Jeff Buckley"? It was
> > shown here in Stockholm this weekend, at a music film festival. Good
> > movie, and Buckley himself really looked like a Young God, as someone
> > who could make a straight man think twice about homosexual encounters.
> > Only two brief mentions of Tom Verlaine, though; surprisingly few,
> > since Verlaine produced the demos that became the late singer's final
> > album. Some might know more about Buckley than I do, but apparently he
> > fled NYC for Memphis to get a more "rootsy" feel to the follow-up to
> > "Grace".
> > Then why hire a New York hipster like Verlaine as producer? An
> > immediate second thought here: parts of "Warm and cool" might have a
> > "Souther Gothic" climate. But no other Verlaine recording, I think.
> >
> > Jeff Buckley obviously never made it especially big in America, and
> > isn't especially revered today either. Like some American film stars,
> > his fame is more apparent in France, according to the film.
> >
> > /Leif J, Sweden
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