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Such a frustrating 'documentary'

posted 10 years ago by Villings
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Nick Drake was an amazing artist and I guess to make a documentary about him is hard. So you get a lot of aerial shots of his hometown and sound-clips from old interviews and almost-full songs but.. that's not enough to make a good documentary. People likes the documentary because they love it's subject, but it isn't well-made or anything like that. Quite unsubstantial and excruciatingly slow, you're better off reading Nick Drake's wikipedia page while listening to his music, than watching this. 2/5

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[–] Prelude-in-C-maj 10 years ago

I've just viewed it again, and I find it to be actually very nicely made. The film has a sad, eerie atmosphere that gently evokes the English calm of that tiny village, the wistfulness of his music, and the mysteriousness of Nick.

Its an extraordinarily haunting film.

[–] wrightmt 9 years ago

I agree that it's not much of a music documentary in the usual sense, there isn't much analysis of his music, or process, or even how he managed to get his recording contract etc. That said I loved it, the shots of his room and town, the interviews with his sister, and that home cine footage was like something out of a movie.