Tom Dowd, The Funk Brothers & Karl Rove
My friend Laura keeps urging me to write for money: magazines, websites etc... and suggests I use snappy hooks and market research. I'm sure she'd love my title on this one. So, what do these three have in common? All are fairly unknown relative to the huge impact they have had on our culture and all three are the subjects of documentaries I've seen recently. God bless the documentary. I'm getting inspired to make one again, even though my son scared me off by telling me how time consuming they are... "you have to practically live with the people".
Directing films is extremely time consuming in general. This one I watched recently, 42 Up, filmed some 20 British kids every seven years since the age of seven. This was the seventh film in the series. On the commentary track, the director of this one, who had worked on the project since 1965 talked about how hard it was to get the subjects to open up on tape. He had to start buttering them up two years before each film was to come out.
Anyway, back to the three films I'm comparing here...the titles say it all... see if you can match them up.
Standing in the Shadows of Motown
The Language of Music
Bush's Brain
If you don't know how extensively these behind the scenes players have affected your day to day life, well, at least check out the links and inform yourself. I found all three films fascinating and highly recommend them. BTW, the first two made contributions that brought joy to millions of people for many years already, with no end in sight. None of them made any money, some died destitute. The last one fucked over (and I mean really fucked over) everyone who ever crossed him and millions who didn't... needless to say, he's a wealthy man.
If you look at the intervision, you can see why a man like Tom Dowd, who lives fully in the language of love and music, would care less about money. What drives a man like Karl Rove, or Nixon, or Cheney, Rumsfeld, Bush... I'll never understand. Does anyone... except those few Machiavellis among us?
Anyway, check out the Funk Bothers at the recently renovated Stern Grove July 31!
Directing films is extremely time consuming in general. This one I watched recently, 42 Up, filmed some 20 British kids every seven years since the age of seven. This was the seventh film in the series. On the commentary track, the director of this one, who had worked on the project since 1965 talked about how hard it was to get the subjects to open up on tape. He had to start buttering them up two years before each film was to come out.
Anyway, back to the three films I'm comparing here...the titles say it all... see if you can match them up.
Standing in the Shadows of Motown
The Language of Music
Bush's Brain
If you don't know how extensively these behind the scenes players have affected your day to day life, well, at least check out the links and inform yourself. I found all three films fascinating and highly recommend them. BTW, the first two made contributions that brought joy to millions of people for many years already, with no end in sight. None of them made any money, some died destitute. The last one fucked over (and I mean really fucked over) everyone who ever crossed him and millions who didn't... needless to say, he's a wealthy man.
If you look at the intervision, you can see why a man like Tom Dowd, who lives fully in the language of love and music, would care less about money. What drives a man like Karl Rove, or Nixon, or Cheney, Rumsfeld, Bush... I'll never understand. Does anyone... except those few Machiavellis among us?
Anyway, check out the Funk Bothers at the recently renovated Stern Grove July 31!
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