Crazy Horse Movies
The director of Greendale, Bernard Shakey is much better known as the rock icon Neil Young. Greendale is a feature-length adaptation of Young's album of the same name. Following the lives of a family in a small town, the film's actors lip sync the dialogue as it appears in the songs, which are all present in the versions heard on the CD. The story concerns Arius Green (Ben Keith), a friendly old-timer who lives on the Double-E ranch with his family. His son Earl (James Mazzeo) is a struggling painter. When cousin Jed (Eric Johnson) murders Officer Carmichael (Paul Supplee), there is a media frenzy that brings about the death of Arius. Arius' granddaughter Sun Green (Sarah White) sets off on a life of social protest. Greendale was screened at the 2003 Toronto Film Festival. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Sarah White, Eric Johnson, (more)
- 1995
Acclaimed filmmaker Jonathan Demme (whose credits include The Silence of the Lambs and Philadelphia) spent two days at Complex Recording Studios in Los Angeles, as Neil Young and Crazy Horse worked on songs for their album Sleeps With Angels. Neil Young & Crazy Horse: The Complex Sessions was the result, on which Demme uses subtle camera movements and light effects to reflect the many moods of Young's music. The video features four songs: "Prime of Life," "My Heart," "Piece of Crap," and "Change Your Mind." ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- 1991
Enjoy this selection of titles from the latest album by Neil Young and band including "Farmer John" and "Mansion on the Hill." ~ All Movie Guide
Penned by Dan Greenburg, Private Lessons details the plight of a rich, fifteen-year-old boy (Eric Brown) whose French maid (Sylvia Kristel of the Emmanuelle series) is hired to teach him the finer points of l'amour. A contrived subplot involving a blackmail scheme complicates matters but really only serves as padding between the erotic scenes. In the end, the boy ends up wiser for the wear in more ways than one as he learns all the sordid details. Typical of many early '80s adolescent-oriented T & A films, this entry includes plenty of leering nudity and debauchery, although it seems comparatively tame compared with many others. Surprisingly, Private Lessons was a box-office hit at the time of its release; presumably, many film-goers had seen Kristel in her role as Emmanuelle, although they would have been disappointed to learn a body-double stood in during her love scenes in this case. A similarly-themed film, My Tutor, was released soon after. ~ Jeremy Beday, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Sylvia Kristel, Howard Hesseman, (more)
