Daniel Kramer, a rock photographer who captured some of the most iconic Bob Dylan images of the Sixties, including the covers of Bringing It All Back Home and Highway 61 Revisited, died April 29, Rolling Stone confirmed. He was 91.
Kramer first encountered Bob Dylan when he watched him perform “The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll” on The Steve Allen Show in 1964. “The lyrics were startling to me,” he told Rolling Stone in 2016. “They were so poetic. I knew this wasn’t an ordinary event. I knew this guy was special.”
Not long afterward,...
Kramer first encountered Bob Dylan when he watched him perform “The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll” on The Steve Allen Show in 1964. “The lyrics were startling to me,” he told Rolling Stone in 2016. “They were so poetic. I knew this wasn’t an ordinary event. I knew this guy was special.”
Not long afterward,...
- 5/3/2024
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
After two years of hosting an online festival due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Sundance Film Festival returns to Park City this year for its 2023 edition from Jan. 19-29. Film lovers, filmmakers, industry insiders, actors, artists and more are expected to return en masse for the festivities that will also include a packed calendar of parties, panels, concerts, gatherings and networking opportunities in addition to all the big-screen screenings.
Below is a roundup of all of the intel The Hollywood Reporter has gathered thus far, featuring events in Park City. All times listed are local.
Thursday, Jan. 19
Sundance Scoop – Day One
Filmmaker Lodge, 550 Main St., 1:30-2:30 p.m.
A conversation and Q&a for media featuring Sundance Institute CEO Joana Vicente, Sundance director of programming Kim Yutani, senior programmer and strategic initiatives director John Nein with moderator Eugene Hernandez, incoming Sundance festival director and head of public programming.
Below is a roundup of all of the intel The Hollywood Reporter has gathered thus far, featuring events in Park City. All times listed are local.
Thursday, Jan. 19
Sundance Scoop – Day One
Filmmaker Lodge, 550 Main St., 1:30-2:30 p.m.
A conversation and Q&a for media featuring Sundance Institute CEO Joana Vicente, Sundance director of programming Kim Yutani, senior programmer and strategic initiatives director John Nein with moderator Eugene Hernandez, incoming Sundance festival director and head of public programming.
- 1/12/2023
- by Chris Gardner
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Lenny Lipton, the New York-native who wrote the lyrics to what became Peter, Paul and Mary’s popular folk song “Puff, the Magic Dragon,” died on Oct. 5 from brain cancer at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, his wife told The New York Times. He was 82.
In 1959, Lipton was a 19-year-old physics major at Cornell University. Feeling inspired after reading Ogden Nash’s poem “The Tale of Custard the Dragon,” he borrowed the typewriter of his schoolmate Peter Yarrow — one-third of the Peter, Paul and Mary trio — to scribe a creation of his own. But when Yarrow saw Lipton’s poem abandoned at the keys, he decided to put it to music, becoming the well-known 1963 song “Puff, the Magic Dragon.”
Lipton received a co-writer credit on the track, which was an instant hit among listeners. Through royalties, Lipton generated enough money to move to the Bay Area in California,...
In 1959, Lipton was a 19-year-old physics major at Cornell University. Feeling inspired after reading Ogden Nash’s poem “The Tale of Custard the Dragon,” he borrowed the typewriter of his schoolmate Peter Yarrow — one-third of the Peter, Paul and Mary trio — to scribe a creation of his own. But when Yarrow saw Lipton’s poem abandoned at the keys, he decided to put it to music, becoming the well-known 1963 song “Puff, the Magic Dragon.”
Lipton received a co-writer credit on the track, which was an instant hit among listeners. Through royalties, Lipton generated enough money to move to the Bay Area in California,...
- 10/23/2022
- by Katie Reul
- Variety Film + TV
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Lenny Lipton, who wrote the poem that became the Peter, Paul and Mary hit “Puff the Magic Dragon” and developed technology used for today’s digital 3D theatrical projection systems, has died. He was 82.
Lipton died Wednesday of brain cancer at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, his son Noah told The Hollywood Reporter.
While studying engineering as a freshman at Cornell University, Lipton, inspired by a 1936 Ogden Nash poem, “The Tale of Custard the Dragon,” wrote a poem in 1959 on a typewriter owned by another physics major at the school, Peter Yarrow.
Yarrow discovered the poem — about a boy named Jackie Paper and his imaginary dragon friend in a land by the sea — in the typewriter and years later used it for the lyrics to “Puff the Magic Dragon.”
Yarrow’s Peter, Paul and Mary recorded the song in 1962. It was released...
Lenny Lipton, who wrote the poem that became the Peter, Paul and Mary hit “Puff the Magic Dragon” and developed technology used for today’s digital 3D theatrical projection systems, has died. He was 82.
Lipton died Wednesday of brain cancer at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, his son Noah told The Hollywood Reporter.
While studying engineering as a freshman at Cornell University, Lipton, inspired by a 1936 Ogden Nash poem, “The Tale of Custard the Dragon,” wrote a poem in 1959 on a typewriter owned by another physics major at the school, Peter Yarrow.
Yarrow discovered the poem — about a boy named Jackie Paper and his imaginary dragon friend in a land by the sea — in the typewriter and years later used it for the lyrics to “Puff the Magic Dragon.”
Yarrow’s Peter, Paul and Mary recorded the song in 1962. It was released...
- 10/6/2022
- by Carolyn Giardina and Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Anne Feeney, the influential folk musician and labor activist whose “Have You Been to Jail for Justice” has served as an anthem for activists worldwide, died of Covid-19 on Wednesday. She was 69.
Her daughter, Amy Sue Berlin, confirmed the news on Wednesday night. “It is with a very heavy heart that we must announce the passing of our courageous, brilliant, beautiful mother, Anne Feeney,” Berlin wrote on Facebook. “We were very lucky that she fought hard enough to open up her eyes, and give us a couple days to be...
Her daughter, Amy Sue Berlin, confirmed the news on Wednesday night. “It is with a very heavy heart that we must announce the passing of our courageous, brilliant, beautiful mother, Anne Feeney,” Berlin wrote on Facebook. “We were very lucky that she fought hard enough to open up her eyes, and give us a couple days to be...
- 2/5/2021
- by Althea Legaspi
- Rollingstone.com
Anne Feeney, a key part of the folk music movement and a committed political and labor activist, died Wednesday in Pittsburgh, Pa. from complications of Covid-19. She was 69 and her daughter, Amy Sue Berlin, announced her passing on Facebook.
Feeney was a major player on the folk circuit, the first woman president of a musicians union in the US, and a regular collaborator with folk icons like Pete Seeger, John Prine, and Peter Paul and Mary. Her anthem Have You Been to Jail for Justice is sung on picket lines and in jail cells around the world.
Her career included more than 4,000 shows across North America and Europe performing for striking workers, in union halls, and large protests. Her performance at the World Trade Organization protests in 1999 was featured in the documentary This is What Democracy Looks Like. She organized dozens of tours supporting various causes, including the Sing Out...
Feeney was a major player on the folk circuit, the first woman president of a musicians union in the US, and a regular collaborator with folk icons like Pete Seeger, John Prine, and Peter Paul and Mary. Her anthem Have You Been to Jail for Justice is sung on picket lines and in jail cells around the world.
Her career included more than 4,000 shows across North America and Europe performing for striking workers, in union halls, and large protests. Her performance at the World Trade Organization protests in 1999 was featured in the documentary This is What Democracy Looks Like. She organized dozens of tours supporting various causes, including the Sing Out...
- 2/4/2021
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
City Winery will livestream its 20th annual Passover variety show, Downtown Seder, Monday, April 6th, with appearances from Perry Farrell, Max Weinberg, Lewis Black and more. The show will start at 6 p.m. Et and will be available to stream via the City Winery website.
The show will loosely fit the contours of a traditional Passover Seder: For instance, Black will discuss the meaning of the bitter herbs, congressman Jerry Nadler will ask the four questions and Farrell and comedian Judy Gold will perform their own personal takes on the Passover staple song,...
The show will loosely fit the contours of a traditional Passover Seder: For instance, Black will discuss the meaning of the bitter herbs, congressman Jerry Nadler will ask the four questions and Farrell and comedian Judy Gold will perform their own personal takes on the Passover staple song,...
- 4/6/2020
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
“I’m not the first rock & roll octogenarian, am I?” jokes David Freiberg, hours before he and Jefferson Starship are set to take the stage in Carson City, Nevada.
Frieberg, who turns 80 today, is right; he’s not the only pop act still performing regularly in his eightieth year. From Frankie Valli and British blues stalwart John Mayall (both 84) to R&B veteran Sam Moore (82) to folkies like Peter Yarrow and Tom Paxton (both 80), Freiberg is joining a small, prestigious club. But he’s unique in other ways. He’s...
Frieberg, who turns 80 today, is right; he’s not the only pop act still performing regularly in his eightieth year. From Frankie Valli and British blues stalwart John Mayall (both 84) to R&B veteran Sam Moore (82) to folkies like Peter Yarrow and Tom Paxton (both 80), Freiberg is joining a small, prestigious club. But he’s unique in other ways. He’s...
- 8/24/2018
- by David Browne
- Rollingstone.com
WhyHunger has announced that for the second year in a row, their annual Hungerthon campaign raised $1.1 million for the fight against hunger and poverty in the U.S.
WhyHunger teamed up with its radio partners and celebrity ambassadors for a coordinated month long effort including radio broadcasts, merchandise, social media and an extensive celebrity-driven online auction to raise awareness and critical funds for their work. WhyHunger staff, celebrity ambassadors and community-based partners were also heard participating in over 40 substantive radio interviews and live broadcasts, educating the public on hunger and its intersections.
“We are proud of and thankful for our community of supporters, artists, radio partners – Entercom Radio New York, SiriusXM, Cumulus New York and iHeartMedia – and celebrities who have again come together to raise another $1.1 million for our work to fight hunger and poverty in the U.S.,” said Noreen Springstead, WhyHunger Executive Director. “With impending legislation threatening to...
WhyHunger teamed up with its radio partners and celebrity ambassadors for a coordinated month long effort including radio broadcasts, merchandise, social media and an extensive celebrity-driven online auction to raise awareness and critical funds for their work. WhyHunger staff, celebrity ambassadors and community-based partners were also heard participating in over 40 substantive radio interviews and live broadcasts, educating the public on hunger and its intersections.
“We are proud of and thankful for our community of supporters, artists, radio partners – Entercom Radio New York, SiriusXM, Cumulus New York and iHeartMedia – and celebrities who have again come together to raise another $1.1 million for our work to fight hunger and poverty in the U.S.,” said Noreen Springstead, WhyHunger Executive Director. “With impending legislation threatening to...
- 1/9/2018
- Look to the Stars
We thought all the great vintage music documentaries were accounted for, but Murray Lerner’s look at the Newport Folk Festival in the mid-‘sixties is a terrific time machine to a kindler, gentler musical era. The mix of talent is broad and deep, and we get to see excellent vintage coverage of some real legends, before the hype & marketing plague arrived.
Festival: Folk Music at Newport, 1963-1966
Blu-ray
The Criterion Collection 892
1967 / B&W / 1:33 flat full frame / 97 min. / available through The Criterion Collection / Street Date September 12, 2017 / 39.95
Starring: Joan Baez, Johnny Cash, Judy Collins, Donovan, Bob Dylan, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Pete Seeger, Peter Yarrow, Mary Travers, Odetta, Ronnie Gilbert, Mike Bloomfield, Paul Butterfield, Theodore Bikel, Cousin Emmy, Horton Barker, Fiddler Beers, Mimi Fariña, Richard Farina, Mrs. Ollie Gilbert, Fannie Lou Hamer, Son House, Mississippi John Hurt, John Koerner, Jim Kweskin, Tex Logan, Mel Lyman, Spokes Mashiyane, Fred McDowell, Brownie McGhee, Pappy Clayton McMichen,...
Festival: Folk Music at Newport, 1963-1966
Blu-ray
The Criterion Collection 892
1967 / B&W / 1:33 flat full frame / 97 min. / available through The Criterion Collection / Street Date September 12, 2017 / 39.95
Starring: Joan Baez, Johnny Cash, Judy Collins, Donovan, Bob Dylan, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Pete Seeger, Peter Yarrow, Mary Travers, Odetta, Ronnie Gilbert, Mike Bloomfield, Paul Butterfield, Theodore Bikel, Cousin Emmy, Horton Barker, Fiddler Beers, Mimi Fariña, Richard Farina, Mrs. Ollie Gilbert, Fannie Lou Hamer, Son House, Mississippi John Hurt, John Koerner, Jim Kweskin, Tex Logan, Mel Lyman, Spokes Mashiyane, Fred McDowell, Brownie McGhee, Pappy Clayton McMichen,...
- 8/29/2017
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
While the vast majority of our favorite films of last year have been treated with Blu-ray releases, one title near the top of the list we’ve been waiting the longest for is Kelly Reichardt‘s Certain Women. It looks like it’s been worth the wait as The Criterion Collection have unveiled their September releases and it’s leading the pack (with special features also an interview with the director and Todd Haynes!).
Also getting a release in September, is Michael Haneke‘s Isabelle Huppert-led The Piano Teacher and the recent documentary David Lynch: The Art Life (arriving perfectly-timed to the end of the new Twin Peaks). There’s also Alfred Hitchcock‘s classic psychodrama Rebecca and the concert film Festival, featuring Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Johnny Cash, and many more.
Check out the high-resolution cover art and full details on the releases below, with more on Criterion’s site.
Also getting a release in September, is Michael Haneke‘s Isabelle Huppert-led The Piano Teacher and the recent documentary David Lynch: The Art Life (arriving perfectly-timed to the end of the new Twin Peaks). There’s also Alfred Hitchcock‘s classic psychodrama Rebecca and the concert film Festival, featuring Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Johnny Cash, and many more.
Check out the high-resolution cover art and full details on the releases below, with more on Criterion’s site.
- 6/16/2017
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
The immensely popular trio provides an extremely pleasant eighty minutes of musical nostalgia – with plenty of full performances but also the full variety of their music through the years. Interviews with the principals give us the back story, light but not superficial, while film clips show their political activism through the years.
50 Years with Peter Paul and Mary
DVD
Mvd Visual
2014 / B&W + Color / 1:33 flat full frame / 78 min. / Street Date December 9, 2016 / 19.95
Starring Peter Yarrow, Noel (Paul) Stookey, Mary Allin Travers.
Film Editor Pat Murphy
Produced by Jim Brown, Heather A. Smith
Directed by Jim Brown
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
When we watch movies about music groups we can be looking for historical and personal insights, or we could just want happy nostalgia, to hear the music and see our favorites as they appeared through the years. Many of us instantly recognize groups from the 1960s when we hear them,...
50 Years with Peter Paul and Mary
DVD
Mvd Visual
2014 / B&W + Color / 1:33 flat full frame / 78 min. / Street Date December 9, 2016 / 19.95
Starring Peter Yarrow, Noel (Paul) Stookey, Mary Allin Travers.
Film Editor Pat Murphy
Produced by Jim Brown, Heather A. Smith
Directed by Jim Brown
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
When we watch movies about music groups we can be looking for historical and personal insights, or we could just want happy nostalgia, to hear the music and see our favorites as they appeared through the years. Many of us instantly recognize groups from the 1960s when we hear them,...
- 12/27/2016
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Fox Animation has picked up the feature film rights to the classic 1963 folk song "Puff the Magic Dragon," and they are looking to develop it into a CGI animated and live-action hybrid film. The studio has hired Trolls director Mike Mitchell to helm the project, and Akiva Goldsman (Transformers) is set to produce.
"Puff the Magic Dragon" tells the tale of an ageless dragon that lives by the seas who befriends a shy child and takes him to the land called Honalee. I can’t help but think the studio was inspired to make this film by Disney’s wonderful recent remake of Pete’s Dragon.
The song was created by Peter Yarrow and Lenny Lipton and spawned an animated TV special for Puff the Magic Dragon that aired in 1978. It was followed by two sequels called, Puff the Magic Dragon in the Land of the Living Lies and Puff and the Incredible Mr.
"Puff the Magic Dragon" tells the tale of an ageless dragon that lives by the seas who befriends a shy child and takes him to the land called Honalee. I can’t help but think the studio was inspired to make this film by Disney’s wonderful recent remake of Pete’s Dragon.
The song was created by Peter Yarrow and Lenny Lipton and spawned an animated TV special for Puff the Magic Dragon that aired in 1978. It was followed by two sequels called, Puff the Magic Dragon in the Land of the Living Lies and Puff and the Incredible Mr.
- 12/12/2016
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Perhaps based on the success of Disney’s Pete’s Dragon remake, Fox Animation has decided to greenlight Puff the Magic Dragon, an animated/live-action hybrid film based on the popular Peter, Paul and Mary song of the same name. It’ll be directed by Mike Mitchell (Trolls, Shrek Forever After).
Details are limited at the moment, but the folk song, written by Peter Yarrow and Lenny Lipton, is based on the 1959 poem, which in turn was inspired by the poem “Custard the Dragon” by Ogden Nash, as /Film notes. The song tells the story of an ageless dragon named Puff, who lives in Honalee, a fictional city by the sea. His friend is Jackie Paper, but he eventually grows older and loses interest in his adventures with his fictional friend. These days, the property is the sore subject of controversy regarding whether or not it’s referencing smoking weed.
Details are limited at the moment, but the folk song, written by Peter Yarrow and Lenny Lipton, is based on the 1959 poem, which in turn was inspired by the poem “Custard the Dragon” by Ogden Nash, as /Film notes. The song tells the story of an ageless dragon named Puff, who lives in Honalee, a fictional city by the sea. His friend is Jackie Paper, but he eventually grows older and loses interest in his adventures with his fictional friend. These days, the property is the sore subject of controversy regarding whether or not it’s referencing smoking weed.
- 12/9/2016
- by Will Ashton
- We Got This Covered
Exclusive: Fox Animation will turn the Peter, Paul and Mary song “Puff the Magic Dragon” into a hybrid live action/animated feature that will be directed by Trolls helmer Mike Mitchell. The film will be produced by Safehouse partners Tory Tunnell and Joby Harold and Weed Road’s Akiva Goldsman. They secured the rights to the song, which has lyrics by Peter Yarrow and Lenny Lipton. Vanessa Morrison and Nate Hopper are overseeing for the studio. At a time when Hollywood has…...
- 12/9/2016
- Deadline
While We’Re Young is the latest film from writer/director Noah Baumbach (The Squid And The Whale, Greenberg, Frances Ha). Like his previous work, it is a sharply written mix of comic moments and relatable themes – a Gen Xers vs Hipsters comedy that touches on career crisis, missed opportunities, the challenges of marriage, and the middle-age soul-searching that seems to coincide with the onset of back trouble and arthritis. It’s an excellent, smart comedy and is highly recommended.
Ben Stiller stars in While We’Re Young as Josh Srebnick, a 44-year old filmmaker who’s been toiling away for a decade on his documentary, one structured around Ira Mandelstam (Peter Yarrow), an elderly intellectual. It’s a follow-up to Josh’s first film, a critical success many years earlier. Expected funding has not materialized, he’s unable to pay his patient editor (Matthew Maher), and he is loath to ask his father -in-law,...
Ben Stiller stars in While We’Re Young as Josh Srebnick, a 44-year old filmmaker who’s been toiling away for a decade on his documentary, one structured around Ira Mandelstam (Peter Yarrow), an elderly intellectual. It’s a follow-up to Josh’s first film, a critical success many years earlier. Expected funding has not materialized, he’s unable to pay his patient editor (Matthew Maher), and he is loath to ask his father -in-law,...
- 4/10/2015
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Chicago – We’re born, we’re nurtured, we seek purpose and we die. In between there are a million decisions between the words of that opening sentence, and writer/director Noah Baumbach understands that intuitively in his great new film, “While We’re Young.”
Rating: 4.5/5.0
Utilizing two married couples at different points in their lives, Baumbach shapes a story that is more that a midlife crisis for a fortysomething couple, and maneuvers toward different paths in both ends of that couple spectrum. Like Baumbach did in the film ‘Greenberg,’ he gives a role to Ben Stiller that plays into the actor’s strengths, without devolving into what makes Stiller annoying. The casting is very precise, with hot actor Adam Driver the anchor for many of the situations. You can’t go home again, especially if the “home” is youth, because it’s difficult to repeat being 25 years old if your life experience knows better.
Rating: 4.5/5.0
Utilizing two married couples at different points in their lives, Baumbach shapes a story that is more that a midlife crisis for a fortysomething couple, and maneuvers toward different paths in both ends of that couple spectrum. Like Baumbach did in the film ‘Greenberg,’ he gives a role to Ben Stiller that plays into the actor’s strengths, without devolving into what makes Stiller annoying. The casting is very precise, with hot actor Adam Driver the anchor for many of the situations. You can’t go home again, especially if the “home” is youth, because it’s difficult to repeat being 25 years old if your life experience knows better.
- 4/4/2015
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Chicago – Director Noah Baumbach is a master in creating cinematic atmosphere. Whether it’s the adolescent mood of “The Squid and the Whale,” the weird loneliness of “Frances Ha” or his screenplays with director Wes Anderson, Baumbach generates a worthy emotional imprint. His latest film is “While We’re Young.”
“While We’re Young” is a meditation on dichotomy, as Ben Stiller and Naomi Watts portray a childless fortysomething couple that are losing commonality with their baby producing friends. When a younger couple – portrayed by Adam Driver and Amanda Seyfried – come into their lives, there is a sense that the older couple is taking one more stab at the youth that chronologically has slipped away. Filled with the comedy of awkwardness and keen observations on the human condition, “While We’re Young’ is another expansive achievement from the mind of Noah Baumbach.
Naomi Watts and Ben Stiller in the Noah Baumbach...
“While We’re Young” is a meditation on dichotomy, as Ben Stiller and Naomi Watts portray a childless fortysomething couple that are losing commonality with their baby producing friends. When a younger couple – portrayed by Adam Driver and Amanda Seyfried – come into their lives, there is a sense that the older couple is taking one more stab at the youth that chronologically has slipped away. Filled with the comedy of awkwardness and keen observations on the human condition, “While We’re Young’ is another expansive achievement from the mind of Noah Baumbach.
Naomi Watts and Ben Stiller in the Noah Baumbach...
- 4/1/2015
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Here's the rare lionizing-a-musician doc that strikes a smart balance between vintage footage, talking-head testimonials, and contemporary tribute performances. Despite the appearance of Peter Yarrow, Bob Weir, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, and Jorma Kaukonen of Jefferson Airplane and Hot Tuna, Harlem Street Singer keeps its emphasis on its subject's fingers, frets, soul, and story. Blind street singer Reverend Gary Davis's acoustic blues and gospel guitar heroics — especially his inimitable, percussive, self-taught technique — are illuminated by way of smart testimony, but the many clips of him in action are so marvelous that this would be a first-rate doc subject even without all these admiring white people turning up to toast him. Simeon ...
- 9/24/2014
- Village Voice
Backstage had some great opportunities this week! Here are some varying auditions and gigs that could be a great fit for all different kinds of Backstage readers. “The Book Of Mormon”Written by “South Park” writers Matt Stone and Trey Parker, and directed by Broadway director Casey Nicholaw (“Aladdin”), this award-winning musical is on a national tour! This Equity gig is seeking future principal replacements, seven total, for the running shows. Auditions are Aug. 5 in NYC. “Peter Paul And Mary Alive”Calling all singers: This musical group is looking for a baritone singer who’s a great guitarist to sing the part of Paul Stookey. Rehearsals take place in the Thousand Oaks/Los Angeles, Calif. area. “Pineapple Express”Student films are good place to get your feet wet if you’re wanting to jump into the film/indie film scene. This Nyu film is casting two leads for an adaptation...
- 7/25/2014
- backstage.com
DVD Release Date: Nov. 12, 2013
Price: DVD $29.95
Studio: Kino Lorber
Judy Collins circa 1963 performs in Greenwich Village: Music That Defined a Generation.
The 2012 music-filled documentary film Greenwich Village: Music That Defined a Generation combines talking heads with rare archival footage and new live performances to tell a story about a community that created a generation-defining music.
Between 1961-1973, many musicians in New York’s Greenwich Village banded together to sing about the radical social upheaval of the time. As these new singers emerged, Greenwich blossomed as a place that promoted a better future. Their music challenged the status quo by singing about taboo subjects – fighting for civil liberties, protesting the Vietnam War, and holding governments accountable for their actions.
Featuring poignant interviews with Pete Seeger, Kris Kristofferson, Don McLean, Peter Yarrow, Arlo Guthrie, Lucy and Carly Simon, Tom Chapin and Judy Collins, among dozens of other music luminaries, Greenwich Village: Music That Defined a Generation...
Price: DVD $29.95
Studio: Kino Lorber
Judy Collins circa 1963 performs in Greenwich Village: Music That Defined a Generation.
The 2012 music-filled documentary film Greenwich Village: Music That Defined a Generation combines talking heads with rare archival footage and new live performances to tell a story about a community that created a generation-defining music.
Between 1961-1973, many musicians in New York’s Greenwich Village banded together to sing about the radical social upheaval of the time. As these new singers emerged, Greenwich blossomed as a place that promoted a better future. Their music challenged the status quo by singing about taboo subjects – fighting for civil liberties, protesting the Vietnam War, and holding governments accountable for their actions.
Featuring poignant interviews with Pete Seeger, Kris Kristofferson, Don McLean, Peter Yarrow, Arlo Guthrie, Lucy and Carly Simon, Tom Chapin and Judy Collins, among dozens of other music luminaries, Greenwich Village: Music That Defined a Generation...
- 11/7/2013
- by Laurence
- Disc Dish
Hartford, Conn. — When 6-year-old Dylan Hockley was memorialized at a service following the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School, his parents were especially moved by one song.
A writer, Dushyanthi Satchi, had reworked the lyrics to the Leonard Cohen song "Hallelujah," from Dylan's favorite movie, "Shrek."
"Dylan's Hallelujah" begins, "It's calm, it's clear, it's a peaceful day, walking through the heavenly gates, hand in hand with teachers and my friends."
"That one thing – that song – has been quite healing for us," Nicole Hockley, Dylan's mother, said Thursday.
There have been many musical tributes to the victims of the Dec. 14 tragedy, some put on by world famous performers, others by local musicians and many involving the children of Newtown.
Professional football players were on the verge of tears when a group of 26 children who escaped the Newtown shooting, including Dylan's older brother, Jake, joined Jennifer Hudson at the Super Bowl to sing "America the Beautiful.
A writer, Dushyanthi Satchi, had reworked the lyrics to the Leonard Cohen song "Hallelujah," from Dylan's favorite movie, "Shrek."
"Dylan's Hallelujah" begins, "It's calm, it's clear, it's a peaceful day, walking through the heavenly gates, hand in hand with teachers and my friends."
"That one thing – that song – has been quite healing for us," Nicole Hockley, Dylan's mother, said Thursday.
There have been many musical tributes to the victims of the Dec. 14 tragedy, some put on by world famous performers, others by local musicians and many involving the children of Newtown.
Professional football players were on the verge of tears when a group of 26 children who escaped the Newtown shooting, including Dylan's older brother, Jake, joined Jennifer Hudson at the Super Bowl to sing "America the Beautiful.
- 2/8/2013
- by AP
- Huffington Post
Saugerties, N.Y. — Dick Kniss, a bassist who performed for five decades with the folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary and co-wrote the John Denver hit "Sunshine on My Shoulders," has died. He was 74.
Kniss died Wednesday of pulmonary disease at a hospital near his home in the Hudson Valley town of Saugerties, his wife, Diane Kniss said.
Kniss was born in Portland, Ore., and was an original member of Denver's 1970s band. He also played with jazz greats including Herbie Hancock and Woody Herman.
Active in the 1960s civil rights movement, Kniss performed at benefits for a range of causes and played during the first celebration of Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday as a national holiday.
Peter, Paul and Mary's Peter Yarrow said in a statement that Kniss was "our intrepid bass player for almost as long as we performed together.
"He was a dear and beloved part...
Kniss died Wednesday of pulmonary disease at a hospital near his home in the Hudson Valley town of Saugerties, his wife, Diane Kniss said.
Kniss was born in Portland, Ore., and was an original member of Denver's 1970s band. He also played with jazz greats including Herbie Hancock and Woody Herman.
Active in the 1960s civil rights movement, Kniss performed at benefits for a range of causes and played during the first celebration of Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday as a national holiday.
Peter, Paul and Mary's Peter Yarrow said in a statement that Kniss was "our intrepid bass player for almost as long as we performed together.
"He was a dear and beloved part...
- 1/28/2012
- by AP
- Huffington Post
Bob Dylan, Festival Bob Dylan, along with Joan Baez; Judy Collins; Peter, Paul and Mary's Peter Yarrow; Donovan; Odetta; Son House; and others, is featured in Murray Lerner's Festival. Nominated for the 1967 Academy Award in the Best Documentary Feature category, Festival will be screened as part of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Monday Nights with Oscar series on Monday, July 18, at 7 p.m. at the Academy Theater at Lighthouse International in New York City. The screening will be followed by a discussion with Murray Lerner and Peter Yarrow. Lerner went on to direct Jimi Hendrix at the Isle of Wight and The Other Side of the Mirror: Bob Dylan at the Newport Folk Festival. He won an Academy Award for his 1980 documentary From Mao to Mozart: Isaac Stern in China. The Academy Theater is located at 111 East 59th Street (between Park and Lexington avenues) in New York City.
- 7/13/2011
- by Anna Robinson
- Alt Film Guide
Judy Collins, Festival Judy Collins; Joan Baez; Bob Dylan; Peter, Paul and Mary's Peter Yarrow; Donovan; and Odetta, are some of the performers featured in Murray Lerner's 1967 Academy Award-nominated documentary Festival. The film will be screened as part of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Monday Nights with Oscar series on Monday, July 18, at 7 p.m. at the Academy Theater at Lighthouse International in New York City. The screening will be followed by a conversation with Murray Lerner and Peter Yarrow. The Academy Theater is located at 111 East 59th Street (between Park and Lexington avenues) in New York City. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. For more information, visit www.oscars.org or call (212) 821-9251. Photo: Courtesy of AMPAS...
- 7/13/2011
- by Anna Robinson
- Alt Film Guide
Joan Baez, Peter, Paul and Mary's Peter Yarrow, Festival Murray Lerner's 1967 Academy Award-nominated documentary Festival will be screened as part of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Monday Nights with Oscar series on Monday, July 18, at 7 p.m. at the Academy Theater at Lighthouse International in New York City. The program will feature a newly struck print from the Academy Film Archive and will include a post-screening chat with Lerner and Peter, Paul and Mary singer Peter Yarrow. From the Academy's press release: Festival captures the annual Newport Folk Festival from 1963–66, including live performances by an all-star lineup of such folk music pioneers as Joan Baez, Bob Dylan, Donovan, Judy Collins, and Peter, Paul and Mary, as well as interviews with festival attendees and conversations with artists on topics ranging from musical philosophy to the appeal of folk style. Lerner also directed Jimi Hendrix at the Isle of Wight...
- 7/13/2011
- by Anna Robinson
- Alt Film Guide
First Run Features will release Phil Ochs: There But For Fortune, a documentary film on the noted American protest singer/songwriter (or “topical” singer/songwriter, as he preferred) on DVD on July 19.
The life and career of the legendary protest singer/songwriter is examined in Phil Ochs: There But For Fortune.
Over the course of a meteoric music career that spanned two turbulent decades, folk performer Phil Ochs sought the bright lights of fame and social justice in equal measure, a contradiction that eventually tore him apart.
The 2010 movie features extensive archival performance and interview footage of Ochs, as well as scenes reflecting the turbulent political climate of the 1960s during which he emerged as a spokesperson on causes such as racial injustice, political oppression, the horrors of war and labor issues.
The film includes interviews with family members and many of the artists and activists who knew him from...
The life and career of the legendary protest singer/songwriter is examined in Phil Ochs: There But For Fortune.
Over the course of a meteoric music career that spanned two turbulent decades, folk performer Phil Ochs sought the bright lights of fame and social justice in equal measure, a contradiction that eventually tore him apart.
The 2010 movie features extensive archival performance and interview footage of Ochs, as well as scenes reflecting the turbulent political climate of the 1960s during which he emerged as a spokesperson on causes such as racial injustice, political oppression, the horrors of war and labor issues.
The film includes interviews with family members and many of the artists and activists who knew him from...
- 5/5/2011
- by Laurence
- Disc Dish
Today: Why isn’t Chris Colfer a Teen Hearththrob? Plus, how touching is the Mark Wills’ song “Don’t Laugh at Me”?
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Q: There are lots of teen mags out there – J 14, Teen Bop, etc. – with lots of pinups of *shudders* Justin Bieber, as well as Taylor Lautner, Zac Efron (who isn't even a teen anymore), and even some of Cory Montieth and Mark Salling from Glee (who are both 28, My Age), as well as Chord Overstreet and Kevin McHale. But Not Once have I ever seen a picture, or even a mother-freaking article about, regarding, or even Mentioning Chris Colfer, who is, by far, the Biggest Break Out Star of the show. Plenty of people (even E freaking W) say so. And he's the youngest of the cast,...
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Q: There are lots of teen mags out there – J 14, Teen Bop, etc. – with lots of pinups of *shudders* Justin Bieber, as well as Taylor Lautner, Zac Efron (who isn't even a teen anymore), and even some of Cory Montieth and Mark Salling from Glee (who are both 28, My Age), as well as Chord Overstreet and Kevin McHale. But Not Once have I ever seen a picture, or even a mother-freaking article about, regarding, or even Mentioning Chris Colfer, who is, by far, the Biggest Break Out Star of the show. Plenty of people (even E freaking W) say so. And he's the youngest of the cast,...
- 4/11/2011
- by Brent Hartinger
- The Backlot
With this week's Price of a Movie, time travel to many fabulous places: our country's national parks, museums across the country, the 1930s, Oz, and the mind of the common man. Feel Free: A Celebration of the National Parks Did you know it's National Parks Week? To celebrate, and in conjunction with Ken Burns' latest PBS opus, The National Parks: America's Best Idea, the National Parks Conservation Association and PBS invite you to a very special event. Feel Free: A National Parks Celebration in Central Park will feature highlights the documentary (premiering September 27 on PBS) and musical acts by some fantastic performers. The live show will be shared via satellite to PBS affiliates and other partners assembled in various locations around the country. For more information, visi: www.feelfree.org. Scheduled to perform: Eric Benet, Gavin DeGraw, Jose Feliciano, Carole King, Alison Krauss and Union Station featuring Jerry Douglas and Peter Yarrow.
- 9/23/2009
- TribecaFilm.com
On September 16, after battling leukemia for many years, 72-year-old Mary Travers succumbed to cancer in Connecticut's Danbury Hospital. Joining singer-songwriters Peter Yarrow and Noel Paul Stookey in the early sixties, Travers completed the legendary folk-pop trio Peter, Paul & Mary, a group that had a profound effect on American culture. Though Pp&M achieved five Grammy® Awards, their influence on Baby Boomers went beyond hit albums and singles. They helped mold the opinions of millions, persistently trying to open the minds of everyone who listened to their recordings or saw them perform live. Over the years, "Puff, The Magic Dragon," "Blowin' In The Wind," and "If I Had A Hammer" were required learning for children while their parents belted out the big chorus of "Leaving On A Jet Plane" whenever it played on the radio. Mary Travers was that warm,...
- 9/17/2009
- by Mike Ragogna
- Huffington Post
The music world lost another icon with the passing of Mary Travers of the folk group Peter, Paul & Mary. Travers was 72 and died from complications from leukemia. She had continued to perform with her partners Paul Stookey and Peter Yarrow throughout the years, playing to sold-out audiences. To read Peter Yarrow and Paul Stookey's comments on the group's official web site click here...
- 9/17/2009
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
The 'Puff the Magic Dragon' singer was 72.
By Gil Kaufman
Peter, Paul And Mary's Peter Yarrow, Mary Travers and Paul Stookey in New York City in the mid 1960s
Photo: Michael Ochs Archives/ Getty Images
Mary Travers, one-third of the legendary folk trio Peter, Paul & Mary, died on Wednesday (September 16) in a Connecticut hospital at age 72 after a long battle with leukemia.
With her golden hair and high, clear voice, Travers was the lone female voice in a group whose work helped popularize the folk-music scene of the early 1960s, singing on such landmark songs as "If I Had a Hammer," "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?," "Leaving on a Jet Plane" and "Puff (the Magic Dragon)."
According to the group's official Web site, Travers had successfully recovered from leukemia following a bone marrow transplant and succumbed to the side effects of one of her chemotherapy treatments.
"In her final months,...
By Gil Kaufman
Peter, Paul And Mary's Peter Yarrow, Mary Travers and Paul Stookey in New York City in the mid 1960s
Photo: Michael Ochs Archives/ Getty Images
Mary Travers, one-third of the legendary folk trio Peter, Paul & Mary, died on Wednesday (September 16) in a Connecticut hospital at age 72 after a long battle with leukemia.
With her golden hair and high, clear voice, Travers was the lone female voice in a group whose work helped popularize the folk-music scene of the early 1960s, singing on such landmark songs as "If I Had a Hammer," "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?," "Leaving on a Jet Plane" and "Puff (the Magic Dragon)."
According to the group's official Web site, Travers had successfully recovered from leukemia following a bone marrow transplant and succumbed to the side effects of one of her chemotherapy treatments.
"In her final months,...
- 9/17/2009
- MTV Music News
At their peak in the early 1960s, Peter Yarrow, Noel "Paul" Stookey and Mary Travers were affectionately referred to as "Two Beards and a Blonde," but everyone knew Peter, Paul and Mary as the socially active, soft-singing, guitar-strumming trio behind such folk hits as "If I Had a Hammer," "Lemon Tree," "Blowin' in the Wind," "Leaving on a Jet Plane" and "Puff, the Magic Dragon," among others. Now, the blonde is gone. Mary Travers, 72, died Wednesday in a Connecticut hospital after a long battle with leukemia. With songs that existed on several levels - "If I Had a Hammer" and...
- 9/17/2009
- by Stephen M. Silverman
- PEOPLE.com
Folk singer Mary Travers has passed away at the age of 72. The musician and member of Peter, Paul and Mary died yesterday at Danbury Hospital in Connecticut after suffering from leukaemia for many years. Bandmate Peter Yarrow said: "I have no idea what it will be like to have no Mary in my world, in my life, or on stage to sing with. "But I do know there will always be a hole in my heart, a place where she will always exist that will never be filled by any other person. However painful her passing is, I am forever grateful for Mary and her place in my life." Noel 'Paul' Stookey added: "I am deadened and heartsick beyond (more)...
- 9/17/2009
- by By Mayer Nissim
- Digital Spy
New York - Mary Travers - a Us folk-singing icon who was part of the famed 1960s trio Peter, Paul and Mary - has died at the age of 72 from leukaemia. She died Wednesday night in a hospital in the eastern Us state of Connecticut, her spokeswoman Heather Lylis told The New York Times. Peter, Paul and Mary was famous for such hits as If I Had a Hammer; Blowin' in the Wind; Puff, The Magic Dragon; I'm Leaving on a Jet Plane; and Lemon Tree. But Travers, Peter Yarrow and Paul Stookey also were known for their political activism, which was based on strong opposition to the Vietnam War and support for the...
- 9/17/2009
- Monsters and Critics
By Wrap Staff
It’s now just Peter and Paul. Mary Travers, one-third of the popular folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary, died of leukemia at Danbury Hospital in Connecticut on Wednesday, her publicist Heather Lylis said. She was 72. With Peter Yarrow and Paul Stookey, Travers was at the forefront of the folk movement in the ‘60s, as well as at the forefront of that era's civil rights and anti-Vietnam war movements. They were the first in the mainstream to discover Bo...
It’s now just Peter and Paul. Mary Travers, one-third of the popular folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary, died of leukemia at Danbury Hospital in Connecticut on Wednesday, her publicist Heather Lylis said. She was 72. With Peter Yarrow and Paul Stookey, Travers was at the forefront of the folk movement in the ‘60s, as well as at the forefront of that era's civil rights and anti-Vietnam war movements. They were the first in the mainstream to discover Bo...
- 9/17/2009
- by Lew Harris
- The Wrap
By Wrap Staff
It’s now just Peter and Paul. Mary Travers, one-third of the popular folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary, died of leukemia at Danbury Hospital in Connecticut on Wednesday, her publicist Heather Lylis said. She was 72. With Peter Yarrow and Paul Stookey, Travers was at the forefront of the folk movement in the ‘60s, as well as at the forefront of that era's civil rights and anti-Vietnam war movements. They were the first in the mainstream to discover Bo...
It’s now just Peter and Paul. Mary Travers, one-third of the popular folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary, died of leukemia at Danbury Hospital in Connecticut on Wednesday, her publicist Heather Lylis said. She was 72. With Peter Yarrow and Paul Stookey, Travers was at the forefront of the folk movement in the ‘60s, as well as at the forefront of that era's civil rights and anti-Vietnam war movements. They were the first in the mainstream to discover Bo...
- 9/17/2009
- by Lew Harris
- The Wrap
What a one-two punch of a day. First Henry Gibson, now Mary Travers. My guess is that the music of Peter, Paul & Mary in some way touched the childhood of just about anyone over the age of 25. I don't know if "Puff the Magic Dragon" is still popular among kids today, but it was a staple of my childhood. It took on a different meaning entirely later in life, but that's another story...
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"Puff" popped up in a couple of noted movies -- "Good Morning Vietnam" (1987) and "Meet the Parents" (2000) -- and spawned a trio of animated made-for-tv movies, between 1978 and 1982. Of course, the best Peter, Paul & Mary movie appearance came in the 1980 Zucker/Abrahams comedy "Airplane!" It gets me every time when Maureen McGovern's nun kicks up her rendition of...
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"Puff" popped up in a couple of noted movies -- "Good Morning Vietnam" (1987) and "Meet the Parents" (2000) -- and spawned a trio of animated made-for-tv movies, between 1978 and 1982. Of course, the best Peter, Paul & Mary movie appearance came in the 1980 Zucker/Abrahams comedy "Airplane!" It gets me every time when Maureen McGovern's nun kicks up her rendition of...
- 9/17/2009
- by Adam Rosenberg
- MTV Movies Blog
That soaring voice, one of the most powerful of the 1960s, has been silenced. Folk music icon Mary Travers died today of leukemia at age 72, according to her publicist. As part of Peter, Paul & Mary, the singer had a string of hits during the folk-music boom of the 1960s, including "If I Had a Hammer," "Leaving on a Jet Plane" and "Puff (The Magic Dragon)." Political as well as popular, Travers and her musical cohorts Peter Yarrow and Paul Stookey performed at the 1963 March on Washington in support of the civil rights movement, traveled through Alabama with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and protested against the Vietnam war. The trio disbanded in 1971, but...
- 9/17/2009
- E! Online
Mary Travers, who as one-third of the hugely popular 1960s folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary helped popularize such tunes as "Puff (The Magic Dragon)" and "If I Had a Hammer," died in a Connecticut hospital Wednesday after battling leukemia for several years. She was 72.The band's publicist, Heather Lylis, said Travers died at Danbury Hospital.Bandmate Peter Yarrow said that in her final months, Travers handled her declining health with bravery and generosity, showing her love to friends and family "with great dignity and without restraint.""It was, as Mary always was, honest and completely authentic," he said. "That's the way she sang, too; honestly and with complete authenticity."Noel "Paul" Stookey, the trio's other member, praised Travers for her inspiring activism, "especially in her defense of the defenseless.""I am deadened and heartsick...
- 9/16/2009
- Filmicafe
The Red Branch Theatre Company, the adult theatre company in residence at Drama Learning Center, will be presenting the children's play, Puff the Magic Dragon from March 27 - April 5, 2009. Based on the book by Peter Yarrow and Lenny Lipton, this story follows a little boy named Jackie Paper, who befriends a magical dragon. The play promises wonderful adventures as the dragon takes Jackie on a trip to the land called "Honah Lee."...
- 3/18/2009
- BroadwayWorld.com
Landmark on Main Street is pleased to announce several exciting updates to its 2008-09 season schedule, including a solo concert with the legendary folk artist Peter Yarrow on March 7, a two-week limited engagement of Avi Hoffman's "Too Jewish" March 11 - 27, and a new concert featuring singer-songwriter Jill Sobule on May 16, 2009. On Saturday, March 7, Landmark will present An Evening with Peter Yarrow at 8:00 p.m. The legendary Peter Yarrow will take center stage to perform the much-loved classics made famous by Peter, Paul and Mary and to showcase his more recent work. Bethany & Rufus will not be able to perform with him because of an urgent trip out of the country in March. Landmark on Main Street thanks Elise & Marvin Tepper and Wfuv Radio for their generous sponsorship of this great event and welcomes back Wfuv's John Platt to host the show.
- 2/5/2009
- BroadwayWorld.com
The 10th Anniversary Ebertfest begins tonight in Urbana-Champaign. It is with some melancholy that I write these words on a legal pad in a hospital bed in Chicago. After consulting with my doctors, I have decided it may not be prudent to try to make the journey today with a fractured hip.
Sigh. I was really happy with this one. The films, the guests, the friends. Chaz, Nate Kohn, Mary Susan Britt and I had all the pieces in place. The only tweak I didn’t have time for was a proper full-length review of “Shotgun Stories.” It was on the to-do list. What I’m using now is what I wrote after seeing it at the Chicago Film Festival. The rest is almost a turn-key operation---the little festival that runs itself, with the help of countless volunteers.
It’s hard to express what it means to me that the festival is in my hometown.
Sigh. I was really happy with this one. The films, the guests, the friends. Chaz, Nate Kohn, Mary Susan Britt and I had all the pieces in place. The only tweak I didn’t have time for was a proper full-length review of “Shotgun Stories.” It was on the to-do list. What I’m using now is what I wrote after seeing it at the Chicago Film Festival. The rest is almost a turn-key operation---the little festival that runs itself, with the help of countless volunteers.
It’s hard to express what it means to me that the festival is in my hometown.
- 5/11/2008
- by Roger Ebert
- blogs.suntimes.com/ebert
The guitar Pearl Jam star Eddie Vedder used to write Love Boat Captain has sold for $8,000 (GBP4,000) at a fundraising auction for legal costs to help jailed youths the West Memphis 3 defend themselves against murder charges.
The Tuesday night benefit was held at the New York home of Peter, Paul + Mary star Peter Yarrow.
Vedder has long been a vocal advocate for the innocence of the men, who were convicted of the 1993 murder of three eight-year-old boys in West Memphis, Arkansas.
He is auctioning off concert seats and meet-and-greet sessions on his upcoming debut solo tour to raise cash for the defence fund of the West Memphis 3.
The Tuesday night benefit was held at the New York home of Peter, Paul + Mary star Peter Yarrow.
Vedder has long been a vocal advocate for the innocence of the men, who were convicted of the 1993 murder of three eight-year-old boys in West Memphis, Arkansas.
He is auctioning off concert seats and meet-and-greet sessions on his upcoming debut solo tour to raise cash for the defence fund of the West Memphis 3.
- 3/27/2008
- WENN
With all due respect to "I'm Not There," Todd Haynes' imaginative and often dazzling meditation on the pop-culture mythology of Bob Dylan, there ain't nothing like the real thing.
In "The Other Side of the Mirror: Bob Dylan Live at the Newport Folk Festival 1963-1965," documentarian Murray Lerner delivers the genuine article, on shimmering B&W film, in some of the most legendary performances of his early career. The film receives its West Coast premiere Thursday as part of the Mods & Rockers Festival at the American Cinematheque and will remain forever young on DVD, a must for any fan.
An indispensable chronicler of musicians including Isaac Stern, Miles Davis and the Who, Lerner has delved into his archives to craft a fascinating portrait of Dylan during key transitional years. The artist's blossoming from folkie treasure to self-defined rock 'n' roll visionary unfolds dramatically onscreen through his performances at three editions of the Newport Folk Festival.
Using outtakes from his 1967 Newport docu "Festival" (about 70% of the material has not been seen before), Lerner constructs a narrative devoid of narration, talking-head anecdotes, analyses or interpretations. The only adornment is onscreen titles announcing the respective year of each section. Eschewing slice-and-dice manipulation and with deceptive simplicity, Lerner and his team of editors orchestrate the material with poetic precision.
At his first Newport appearance, in 1963, a tentative 22-year-old Dylan faced the collegiate white crowd of 20,000 as a beloved disciple of Woody Guthrie, his repertoire including "North Country Blues" and "Talking World War III Blues". At evening performances and the fest's more casual afternoon workshops, he's introduced as an artist who "grew out of a need," his "finger on the pulse of our generation" -- the kinds of accolades that, we now know from recent interviews and his 2004 memoir, made Dylan squirm.
By the 1964 festival, Johnny Cash was singing Dylan's praises and his songs (his rendition of "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right" ends all too soon). More than that, Dylan's earnestness was balanced by a self-aware irony, in his attitude and his songs; he and Joan Baez all but crack up as they perform "It Ain't Me, Babe." Yet when he brings the house down with "Chimes of Freedom", and as Peter Yarrow struggles to introduce the next act, Dylan bounces back onstage with elfin delight to tell the roaring, rapturous crowd, "Thank you, I love you".
Building up to the legendary 1965 festival, when Dylan and the Paul Butterfield Blues Band (sans Butterfield) introduced electric rock 'n' roll to the purist gathering, "The Other Side of the Mirror" illustrates the finer points of the Culture Clash. His hair now long, his face filled out, his work shirt traded in for a black leather jacket, Dylan faces a largely unchanged crowd. But however "Maggie's Farm" may have bruised and scandalized them, still they demanded an encore. What transpired wasn't a matter of pure animosity, as lore would have it.
Little Bobby Dylan was no longer theirs, but he was something greater. And in his acoustic afternoon performance that year of "Love Minus Zero/No Limit," his face held in closeup, framed by bulky foam-wrapped microphones and wind-tossed trees, Lerner has given us three of the most gorgeous minutes ever put to film.
THE OTHER SIDE OF THE MIRROR
MLF Prods.
Credits:
Director-producer: Murray Lerner
Executive producer: Jeff Rosen
Main camera crew: Murray Lerner, Stanley Meredith, George Pickow, Francis Grumman
Editors: Alison Heim, Einar Westerlund, Pagan Harlemann, George Panos, Howard Alk
Main sound crew: Ben Sobin, Jack Jacobson, Art Bloom, Mike Scott, John Gibbs
With:
Bob Dylan
Joan Baez
Johnny Cash
Pete Seeger
The Freedom Singers
Peter, Paul and Mary
Mike Bloomfield
Al Kooper
Barry Goldberg
Jerome Arnold
Sam Lay
Running time -- 84 minutes
No MPAA rating...
In "The Other Side of the Mirror: Bob Dylan Live at the Newport Folk Festival 1963-1965," documentarian Murray Lerner delivers the genuine article, on shimmering B&W film, in some of the most legendary performances of his early career. The film receives its West Coast premiere Thursday as part of the Mods & Rockers Festival at the American Cinematheque and will remain forever young on DVD, a must for any fan.
An indispensable chronicler of musicians including Isaac Stern, Miles Davis and the Who, Lerner has delved into his archives to craft a fascinating portrait of Dylan during key transitional years. The artist's blossoming from folkie treasure to self-defined rock 'n' roll visionary unfolds dramatically onscreen through his performances at three editions of the Newport Folk Festival.
Using outtakes from his 1967 Newport docu "Festival" (about 70% of the material has not been seen before), Lerner constructs a narrative devoid of narration, talking-head anecdotes, analyses or interpretations. The only adornment is onscreen titles announcing the respective year of each section. Eschewing slice-and-dice manipulation and with deceptive simplicity, Lerner and his team of editors orchestrate the material with poetic precision.
At his first Newport appearance, in 1963, a tentative 22-year-old Dylan faced the collegiate white crowd of 20,000 as a beloved disciple of Woody Guthrie, his repertoire including "North Country Blues" and "Talking World War III Blues". At evening performances and the fest's more casual afternoon workshops, he's introduced as an artist who "grew out of a need," his "finger on the pulse of our generation" -- the kinds of accolades that, we now know from recent interviews and his 2004 memoir, made Dylan squirm.
By the 1964 festival, Johnny Cash was singing Dylan's praises and his songs (his rendition of "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right" ends all too soon). More than that, Dylan's earnestness was balanced by a self-aware irony, in his attitude and his songs; he and Joan Baez all but crack up as they perform "It Ain't Me, Babe." Yet when he brings the house down with "Chimes of Freedom", and as Peter Yarrow struggles to introduce the next act, Dylan bounces back onstage with elfin delight to tell the roaring, rapturous crowd, "Thank you, I love you".
Building up to the legendary 1965 festival, when Dylan and the Paul Butterfield Blues Band (sans Butterfield) introduced electric rock 'n' roll to the purist gathering, "The Other Side of the Mirror" illustrates the finer points of the Culture Clash. His hair now long, his face filled out, his work shirt traded in for a black leather jacket, Dylan faces a largely unchanged crowd. But however "Maggie's Farm" may have bruised and scandalized them, still they demanded an encore. What transpired wasn't a matter of pure animosity, as lore would have it.
Little Bobby Dylan was no longer theirs, but he was something greater. And in his acoustic afternoon performance that year of "Love Minus Zero/No Limit," his face held in closeup, framed by bulky foam-wrapped microphones and wind-tossed trees, Lerner has given us three of the most gorgeous minutes ever put to film.
THE OTHER SIDE OF THE MIRROR
MLF Prods.
Credits:
Director-producer: Murray Lerner
Executive producer: Jeff Rosen
Main camera crew: Murray Lerner, Stanley Meredith, George Pickow, Francis Grumman
Editors: Alison Heim, Einar Westerlund, Pagan Harlemann, George Panos, Howard Alk
Main sound crew: Ben Sobin, Jack Jacobson, Art Bloom, Mike Scott, John Gibbs
With:
Bob Dylan
Joan Baez
Johnny Cash
Pete Seeger
The Freedom Singers
Peter, Paul and Mary
Mike Bloomfield
Al Kooper
Barry Goldberg
Jerome Arnold
Sam Lay
Running time -- 84 minutes
No MPAA rating...
- 10/30/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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