This documentary just spoiled Jeanne Dielman for me and didn’t even say a word about it. That’s not cool, kinda mad!
The interview portions were great and brought up terrific points about the industry and film theory, but the structure was all over the place and the director spent more time plugging in her own films than highlighting any other female directors films combined.
I already loved this movie, but then the Coppola crew showed up. I just shook Francis Ford Coppola’s hand, talked to Roman Coppola, and watched this in 35mm so its pretty hard to give anything less than a 5 star.
Love you Francis, you rock.
Well, it was an enjoyable theater experience at least, really had the whole place laughing up a storm!
I’ve seen many clips of it, gone to a cover band’s version of the show, seen David Byrne perform live in person, and listened to the album version many times, but somehow never watched this in full before.
It is the best concert film ever made, and I think that is a mostly unanimous decision. It’s just so darn cool in every single aspect. I can’t believe it took me this long to sit down and watch the entire thing.
