Down from the Mountain (2001)
Genre: Musical & Performing Arts
Starring: T-Bone Burnett, Joel Coen, Ethan Coen, John Hartford, Holly Hunter
DVD Info
Release:
Oct 23, 2001
DVD Features:
- Region 1
- Keep Case
- Full Frame - 1.33
Audio:
- Dolby Digital Stereo - English
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Reviews
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)].
The 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.
Hardly a groundbreaking concert movie, but it's a creditably agreeable one.
It's impossible to deny the unalloyed joy that the film gives the spectator.


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