Well, hello there, kind folks. If you’re visiting this blog of mine, I presume that you have a certain interest in the cinema. As for me, even since my early childhood, I have had a deep love of everything related to movies and television. As far as I can remember, I have been more at ease in front of a screen than in the yard, outside, playing. It is a great way to travel, though other people’s stories, without having to foot any kind of steep bill. Over the years, I feel that movie-watching has even fuelled my own creativity.

All that being said, I welcome you in my Cinephile’s Nest. I hope you enjoy it here, feel free to come back at any time. Here you will find reviews of current movies and older ones. TV shows also. Some classics that have remained some of my favourites, some that have disappointed me. I will use a very basic star (*) system to grade them from 1 to 5 (5 being sliced bread level). Remember, these are just my tastes. I will try to explain in each review what I liked about these particular movies, without giving spoilers.

Il y aura aussi des critiques en français pour les films francophones, car j'aime également le cinéma dans ma langue maternelle. Avant d'apprendre l'anglais, plus jeune, je louais des tonnes de films traduits en français, surtout ceux de Bud Spencer et Terrence Hill. Ma mère a eu le choc de sa vie lorsqu'un jour, dans la boîte d'un de ces films, Deep Throat avait malencontreusement inséré. Une expérience formatrice pour le jeune cinéphile que je suis.

Bienvenue à tous, amusez-vous bien.

I welcome you all here, enjoy yourself.

Monday, September 28, 2020

Echo in the Canyon (2018)

 Genre: Documentary
Directed by: Andrew Slater
Starring: Jakob Dylan, Tom Petty, Lou Adler, Michelle Phillips, Beck
Running time: 82 minutes


 

This documentary celebrates the music that came out of the Laurel Canyon Neighborhood of Los Angeles in the mid-60’s, when multiple artists moved in the area and started creating a massive amount of songs and records. We look at such bands as The Beach Boys, The Byrds, Buffalo Springfield and The Mamas & The Papas. In this film, Jakob Dylan, Bob’s son, interviews many of the people who were there, involved this booming period. He also performs some of those songs on stage and in the studio, with various guests.

I love musical documentaries about creative people I admire, and this is definitely one of the good ones. It is informative and very interesting, though it feels a little incomplete. I could have taken much more, including discussion about other bands of that era, such as The Doors.

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