Friday, January 18, 2008

Day 1 - Round 2



We just got back from Salt Lake where we saw Young@Heart another documentary about performers. This time, they were a group from Massachusetts who have an average member age of 80 and sing contemporary music (Talking Heads, Cold Play and Sonic Youth, to name a few.) The film followed the group for six weeks as they prepared for an upcoming concert. During that time it manages to touch on many issues related to aging. It's no downer, however, as the members of this choir are so full of life and optimism. The best part in my mind are the clever music videos they produced with the chorus and interjected throughout the film.

Young@Heart has been "picked-up" (that's movie lingo) by Fox Searchlight Productions, so look for it in the theaters some time this year. Here's a photo of the husband and wife filmmaking team (on the left), the director of the young@heart chorus (the guy with the mic) and the cinematographer. Members of the chorus were going to be at the Park City Screenings, but most of those happened after we were gone, so we missed out.

1 comment:

what kind of a name is abra said...

Sounds like you are have a blast already! I love the idea of this blog, when you get hoem you should host your oen movie night and show us some of your past favorites!