MaestroReviews

Deb and I are artists, painters actually. We go see films as often as once a week. That's right, we go to the theater and sit in a dark room with strangers to see movies. We rarely rent. We like "little" movies, foreign and documentary films. We try to stay away from mainstream and blockbusters whenever possible, but a couple sneak in each year. We seek out the obscure. We try to avoid violent movies, and that really limits our choices, most film makers seem to think violence makes a story interesting.
I try not to give anything away in the reviews, but offer an honest reaction.
We rate them 1~10, 10 being highest.

Monday, August 5, 2013

Twenty Feet From Stardom

Deb 10      Me 10

I really like these kinds of documentaries. This one is about the back-up singers who are just twenty feet from the star on stage. This follows a handful of incredibly talented people who have helped shape the sound of rock and pop music since the early 60s. I was just blown away all through this movie, even got a little goose bumby for a minute. A good indicator of how significant these people are is how many "stars" generously pay tribute to them with intelligent and sincere observations, including Stevie Wonder, Bruce Springsteen and Mick Jagger. It is interesting to me to see what artist in other disciplines go through in their field of expertise, art is never an easy road. Emotional rewards have to satisfy the artist because the financial rewards are always twenty feet away. This is a very well crafted and interesting film and I'm glad to have seen it on the big screen.
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