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Originally Posted by evollove
Weird. I got around to watching GIMME DANGER last night.
I learned absolutely nothing.
Why am I surprised a shallow filmmaker made a shallow film? Shame on me.
Pretty magical how he made Iggy a boring person, tho. That takes real skill.
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It's funny, after I posted my review of this, I had a quick look around online to see what the general consensus was, and I came away thinking I was by and large in a minority of one of having a negative view of this documentary, so it's interesting to note your view on it. I can only add that Iggy has done a pretty good job in more recent times of making himself a boring person (I'm aware of the irony of me saying that one, internet wags).
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Originally Posted by Torn Curtain
I like Jarmusch as a director (well I enjoyed some of his films at least), but his Neil Young documentary was so boring and insightless that I'm not surprised with your thoughts on Gimme danger.
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I was wondering if you'd read Jimmy McDonough's biography on the Young-man ("Shakey")? A highly entertaining and engaging read, even if, like me, you're not really all that mad keen on the bloke. I think that McDonough's years of hanging around with the late Bill Landis (who loathed NY, as it happens, being more of a VU/J Thunders man) stood him in good stead in dealing with Young's many contradictions, and later outright obstructions, when putting together his biography. Going by what you note about the Jarmusch/Young film, I think I'll....pass on that one!