Heart of gold, a groundbreaking union of film and music ministered by director jonathan demme and neil young, is the permanent record that emerged from these two concerts at the. The difference between heart of gold and many other concert dvds is the fact that it was directed by a truly accomplished director with an eye for detail and using various different techniques to capture subtleties and nuances in each performance. Neil young on stage in jonathan demmes heart of gold jonathan demmes talking heads film, stop making sense, is one of the best concert documentaries ever made. We would probably wind up with something singular in the musiconfilm category and something i know i. Good to see the demme style applied to a great artist.
Feb 09, 2006 neil young and jonathan demme on the pain and power of heart of gold a surgery, and the brain aneurysm that prompted it, served as catalysts for neil young to create some of the most compelling. The thing i love about this film and its music is that it is the neil that i love. Heart of gold in 2006 and neil young trunk show in 2009. Filmmaker jonathan demme was on hand to film the shows, and neil young. Being a fan from early on, i would say, without a doubt, this is some of neil s best work to date. It premiered at the 2006 sundance film festival, and was released theatrically on 10 february 2006. Neil had just gotten over his aneurysm surgery and the loss of his father, so it was an emotional show. Heart of gold 2006 starring neil young and pegi young on dvd and bluray.
Neil young has experimented with film many times, but this is by far the most accessible cinematic treatment of his music. Heart of gold is a 2006 american documentaryconcert film by jonathan demme, featuring neil young. Heart of gold, a spanish comedy directed by ignacio f. Proving that its neither better to burn out nor fade away, neil young.
A film shot over during a twonight performance by neil young at nashvilles ryman. Just great, would have loved it even more if i could have found neil young heart of gold dvd on a blu ray. Unable to stand for long periods of time, he could not play his electric guitar and so returned to his acoustic guitar, which he could play sitting down, according to the heart of gold songfacts, young handed guest star james taylor a banjo to play on this song. A heart of gold, a 1915 american silent romantic drama short film. Its free and easy to download subs for movie neil young. The mesmerizing, hearttugging concert film heart of gold confirms neil youngs stature as a national treasure. Heart of gold is filmmaker jonathan demmes intimate musical portrait of legendary singersongwriter neil young, filmed on the occasion of the world premiere of young s prairie wind concert at nashvilles hallowed ryman auditorium. Hearts of gold, a bbc television series presented by esther rantzen. Laut hbo wurde dieser film im jahre 2006 freigegeben. Download this subtitles from our download location, see more details bellow.
Directed by academy award winner jonathan demme of silence of the lambs fame, its an excellent piece that effectively captures the spirit and the rough beauty of youngs music with style and grace. Heart of gold opens with brief, informal interview segments with several of the band members and a few glimpses of nashville in the vicinity of the ryman. Heart of gold 2006 demme made three concert documentaries about his old friend neil young in the span of six years. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. Top 10 and double platinum, with the top 40 only love can break your heart and his condemnation of racism in southern man, 1970s after the gold rush has been ranked among the 100 greatest albums of all time by both rolling stone and time. A film shot over during a twonight performance by neil young at. Four days before he was scheduled for a lifesaving operation, he headed to nashville, where he wrote and recorded the country folk album prairie wind with old friends and family members. Heart of gold year 2006 genre documentary music type movies idmb rating 7. Take home the film that captures one of americas most brilliant songwriters. Heart of gold was culled from the best moments of those two concerts, as well. Heart of gold, a spanish silent film directed by manuel noriega. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comic con new york comic con sundance toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events celebs born today most popular celebs most popular celebs celebrity news. He also filmed the late monologist spalding grays swimming to cambodia in 1987, and has made short performance films and videos with neil young and bruce springsteen. Heart of gold, academy award winning director jonathan demme captures a performance from the aging musician after his recent brush with death.
With neil young, emmylou harris, pegi young, ben keith. Heart of gold is a 2006 documentary and concert film by jonathan demme, featuring neil young. Unstaged 2012, which featured country singer kenny chesney performing on a beach in wildwood, new jersey, was streamed live on the internet. Neil young journeys is demmes latest and third film project with young, preceded by neil young. Dec 20, 2006 dedicated to shakura onelove heart of gold neil young. Neil young fans and those who are turned on to him by this film will probably want to buy the dvd when it comes out. May 21, 2012 filmmaker jonathan demme was on hand to film the shows, and neil young. Heart of gold chronicles the forming, rehearsing and performing of some of neil s newer acousticfolk music like prairie wind along with some of the classics like old man, heart of. The film is directed by jonathan demme and was filmed in nashville, tn last august. Singersongwriter neil young arrives at a special screening of the concert film, neil young. The film was made in the summer of 2005 in nashville, tennessee and was released to theaters on february 10, 2006. Songs include the classics harvest moon, heart of gold, old man, the needle and the damage done, plus those from his recent prairie wind album. Heart of gold 59 movie clip harvest moon 2006 hd youtube neil young harvest moon duration. The film was produced in the summer of 2005 in nashville, tennessee.
It documents youngs premiere of his songs from his album prairie wind at the ryman auditorium. Prairie wind is a decent, solid album, but it would not make even a top 15 neil young list. Young clutches his battered guitar on loan from the late hank williams on the nashville stage that was once home to the grand ole opry. Neil young heart of gold dvd, 2006, checkpoint for. At south by southwest today, i saw the excellent new jonathan demme film on neil young performing in nashville, neil young. Turns out, that was the first time taylor had ever touched one. Heart of gold works both as a concert film and a meditation on mortality.
Stately, classical and even deliberately oldfashioned, february release. It documents young s premiere of his songs from his album prairie wind at the ryman auditorium the film was produced in the summer of 2005 in nashville, tennessee. Like heart of gold, journeys was filmed over the course of two nights of musical performances. Neil young returned to the sound and style of his iconic 1972 album harvest with prairie wind, a set of ten songs which look to americas past and future accompanied by sweet but roughhewn countryrock. Heart of gold was culled from the best moments of those two concerts, as well as interviews in which young talks about his. Neil young and jonathan demme on the pain and power of heart. I gave it my hubby as part of his xmas gift, we saved it to watch on ny day wow really made our day. Subtitles are sorted by relevance for searching keywords.
Shot over the span of two nights in the summer of 2005 at ryman auditorium in nashville, tenn. Now hes done the same favour for neil young, who was just recovering from a brain aneurysm when he. Neil young performance films 2006, 2009, and 2011 and by working on music videos for artists including bruce springsteen. Neil young heart of gold dvd, 2006 for sale online ebay. Its hard to film icons like young as anything but icons, but demmes film gets past the legend, zooming in on youngs aged. Heart of gold from director jonathan demme captures an intense. The concert film also features a special acoustic encore of older young songs, as a special favor to demme for the purposes of the film. Heart of gold documents two nights of music courtesy of neil young and a few pals performed live at the ryman auditorium in nashville, tn. After the successful operation and recovery period, he returned to nashville that august to play at the famed ryman auditorium, once again. A lot of neil young fans just seem to buy the odd one of his records these days. His signature rallies are off, so heres how trumps campaign has moved online.
No cd was released, but the performances were incorporated into a feature film titled neil young. Heart of gold, a 2006 documentary and concert film by jonathan demme. Now hes done the same favour for neil young, who was just recovering from a brain aneurysm when he delivered this twopart country set in nashville. Not the 80s grungy rock neil which i dont appreciate much. The comparison ends there as heart of gold dealt more with young s personal tragedy and health. Ive seen this film twice and must say that, with heart of gold, jonathan demme has created the definitive neil young concert this is as good as neil young gets and demme has captured him perfectly. Neil young has golden weekend february 14th, 2006 neil young. So, while the film is excellent, the music is a little bit less than you would like. In march of 2005, neil young was diagnosed with a brain aneurism, which required him to undergo an invasive neuroradiology procedure. In march 2005, neil young was diagnosed with a brain aneurysm. The mesmerizing, heart tugging concert film heart of gold confirms neil young s stature as a national treasure.
The only real issue with heart of gold is that the film is focused so heavily on prairie wind. To optimize your experience with your screen reading software, please use our website, which has the same tickets as our and websites. That is just a mistake, and this film is the most potent evidence of this fact. Demme and young joined forces last august to make the concert film neil young.