Neil Young Trunk Show (2010)

Academy Award-winning director Jonathan Demme (Silence of the Lambs, Philadelphia), who previously filmed Neil Young for Heart of Gold, once again captures Young’s musical and spiritual soul—this time during two shows at the Tower Theater in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania during the Chrome Dreams II tour. Young surrounds himself with his favorite instruments, played at whim, and a stage set filled with personal icons: a small-scale model of a guitar shop, a red phone and other items. The feeling on the stage is of a favorite place where Young is able to create his music exactly as he wants, supported by long-time touring band friends Ben Keith, Ralph Molina, Rick Rosas, Pegi Young and Anthony Sweet Pea Crawford, plus an onstage painter portrayed by Eric Johnson. There are delicately offered acoustic numbers like Sad Movies and Mexico; mesmerizing electric travelogues into the artist's psyche (No Hidden Path); searing, chaotic anthems including Like a Hurricane and Cinnamon Girl; and rarely performed pieces like Kansas and Ambulance Blues that provide glimpses of Young's less public persona. More »

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