Emerging Pictures etc.
December 28, 2007
Historical Drama, Musical
DVD
DVD
B+
This is rooted in its time and place (Alabama 1950) but also feels like a folktale. I was leaning towards a B, but everything just came together in the last twenty minutes, including the pay-off for the little neighbor boys that the movie opens with and then mostly ignores. This is the story of rock & roll, and it's the story of these interlocking lives. There's even a tweak of the Producers plot. Highly recommended, although you need to give it time to build slowly.
John Sayles wrote, directed, and plays Zeke.
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