Down from the Mountain (2001)
Average Rating: 7.5/10
Reviews Counted: 31
Fresh: 30 | Rotten: 1
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Average Rating: 7.9/10
Critic Reviews: 12
Fresh: 12 | Rotten: 0
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For their film O Brother, Where Art Thou?, set in the American South during the 1930s, filmmakers Joel and Ethan Coen collaborated with musician, songwriter, and producer T-Bone Burnett to compile a score that reflected the rich variety of musical influences of the rural South during the Depression. Burnett brought together a veritable who's who of American roots music for the project, and while the film was a moderate success, the soundtrack album to O Brother, Where Art Thou? was a surprise
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All Critics (36) | Top Critics (14) | Fresh (31) | Rotten (1) | DVD (6)
A film that's lovely to hear, though not much to look at.
Top CriticThe music is grand, the performances are direct and Down From the Mountain is unpretentious in its presentation of both.
In her performances and asides to the documentarians, it is Welch who best articulates why this music is so moving.
Has the ease of a casual get-together by musicians who enjoy jamming with each other and who give us the privilege to sit there and listen and watch.
Like the old-timey music that inspired it, Down From the Mountain is sweet, serene and utterly unconcerned with polish.
A tender tribute to Hartford's spirit, and to the enduring value of the plaintive and celebratory music that emerged from this country's farm fields and front porches and backwoods churches.
A beautifully done record of a very unusual event - and one that inadvertently serves as a testament to John Hartford, making it a very special document of musical history.
Now if you're looking for an in-depth study of the music, look elsewhere. This movie is strictly about the one event [a benefit concert (for the Country Music Hall of Fame 2001)].
Feels glossed over and incomplete.
Hardly a groundbreaking concert movie, but it's a creditably agreeable one.
A Polaroid sprung to life.
If you really like the music, I'd tell you to go out and purchase this disc for your own. I just wish there had been more once the music was finished.
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