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Consensus: Proving that it’s neither better to burn out nor fade away, Neil Young: Heart of Gold works both as a concert film and a meditation on mortality.
Theatrical Release:Feb 10, 2006 Limited
Box Office: $1,660,898
Synopsis: In March 2005, Neil Young was diagnosed with a brain aneurysm. Four days before he was scheduled for a lifesaving operation, he headed to Nashville, where he wrote and recorded the country folk... [More]
Heart of Gold feels like an ample slice of the real America, the one truly worth caring for. And it's such a rare thing in this benighted age that the simple clarity with which it's presented feels like nothing less than a miracle.
Some defiant rockers are forever young. This one is in name only.
Top CriticNeil Young: Heart of Gold is one of the best live concert films ever made. If you like Neil Young, that is.
It does what the best movies of any genre do: turn the produced and scripted into something sincere and honest.
Top CriticOne of the new year's most satisfying films.
Top CriticLike its troubadour, Heart of Gold is smart and generous with its seeming simplicity.
Few artists are so adept at addressing the past and embracing the future all at once. And few recent films have so gracefully captured a musician at a specific point in his time.
Top CriticWho is the star here, Neil Young or Hank William's guitar?
Neil Young: Heart of Gold, director Jonathan Demme's lovingly shot document of Young's August 2005 performances at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, has to rank among the most heartfelt concert films ever made.
Top CriticWhat I'm saying is that you don't have to already be a fan.
All the apprehension and nostalgia in the music translates beautifully to the screen under Jonathan Demme’s direction.
There's a poignancy hearing Young's refrain, 'and I'm gettin' old,' almost a quarter of a century later and a bit of awe that the voice sounds so much the same.
I couldn't help but wish that as long as Young was making a new film with a top-tier director at the helm, he would have provided more insight into his life, as Martin Scorsese's recent TV documentary did for Bob Dylan.
If you like Neal Young, you have to see this. There is no choice.
The concert film's unifying force is, of course, Neil Young himself.
This immaculate filmmaking creates an engaging documentary that makes you forget that you're missing the energy of a live show because it's a completely cinematic experience with its own special energy.
Demme's idea is to let the songs speak for themselves, and to give us a fly-on-the-wall view of Young's intimate performance.... One of the best concert films ever made.
Heart of Gold is the work of an egalitarian lover of music. Demme uses the camera as a divining rod, pointing at the man with the guitar.
Top CriticIf you're looking for a piece of entertainment that's a superlative showcase by and for one of popular music's most iconic figures, search no further than Neil Young: Heart of Gold.
It's movie and music bliss.
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