In Greendale, Neil Young has made what he calls a "musical novel," telling the story of a three generational family, a cop's inadvertent murder and the sociopolitical evolution of a girl named Sun Green. Not a concert film, Young directs actors on locations on his Northern California home turf to create his Greendale, a rural town microcosm of a world in crisis. He shot the film himself on a German Super 8 underwater camera he loves. Then it was blown up to 35mm, giving the film a rough-hewn, al
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PINK FLOYD: THE WALL (1982)
Certification15 Our Rating
The cult film based on the classic album by Pink Floyd. Through a series of disturbing flashbacks we follow the story of Pink a rock and roll performer pushed to the brink of madness by moneymen, drugs and the loss of his father to WW2 when Pink was an infant. The story of a man, tortured by his memories, and the wall he builds around himself. Brilliant!
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PRINCE: PURPLE RAIN (1984)
Certification15 Our Rating
The wee screechy man makes it to the silver screen in this incredibly melodramatic piece of musical romantic drama. Prince plays a musician with a troubled past. His uneasy relationship with his father and his frustration with his musical ambitions propels him on a self destructive motorbike journey through love, gigs, suicide and a wickle bit of sex. The songs are of course still excellent, with the emotionally pornographic title song never failing to raise the hairs on your neck. But it is pla
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THE BEIDERBECKE AFFAIR (1985)
CertificationPG Our Rating
Trevor Chaplin teaches woodwork and likes to listen to jazz. Jill Swinburne teaches English and wants to help save the planet. Trevor tries to buy some jazz
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