NEIL YOUNG TRUNK SHOW D: Jonathan Demme. For venues, times and trailers, see Movies. Rating: NNN
Neil Young Trunk Show reunites Young with director Jonathan Demme for a decidedly shaggier concert doc than their previous collaboration, 2006’s stately Heart Of Gold.[rssbreak]
This time, Demme’s approach is appealingly ramshackle, with a swarm of DV cameras capturing Young’s latest stage show from half a dozen different angles at any given moment.
The grubby visuals and the tendency toward expanded versions of songs – like the 21-minute No Hidden Path that serves as the film’s centrepiece – mean Young’s hardcore fans will get more out of this than the casual viewer.