Country: USA
Year: 2003
Duration: 87
Neil Young calls Greendale a musical novel; it tells about a
family, the murder of a policeman and the story of a girl named Sun Green who is
growing up. This isn't a concert film, Neil Young has filmed the actors in a
series of "filmed songs," in typical Northern Californian settings, to create
Greendale: a rural town that represents the microcosm of a world in
crisis.
"I've never written songs like these before. I bring them
into the studio day by day. I had no idea how this came along. I just let them
out, I never tried to make things fit together. I just kept on going… continuity
wasn't that important. Then I found out later that the continuity was golden all
the way through" (N. Young).
Biography
film director
Bernard Shakey
Bernard Shakey is the pseudonym of Neil Young, one of the most respected and prolific authors and guitarists of contemporary rock music. Born in Canada, he became famous as a guitarist and singer for the band Buffalo Springfield. After the band split up, he began his solo career, even though he continued working for over thirty years with Crosby, Still and Nash and Crazy Horse. In 1995 he recorded an album, Mirrorball, with Pearl Jam. Besides music, Young is active in cinema as well, as a producer, director and actor in concert films like Rust Never Sleeps and Year of the Horse. He has also been involved in projects not dealing with music, like Human Highway and Made in Heaven.
FILMOGRAFIA
Journey Through the Past (doc, 1972), Rust Never Sleeps (doc, 1979), Neil Young: Human Highway (1982), Greendale (2003).
Cast
& Credits
Regia/Director: Bernard Shakey
Soggetto, sceneggiatura, fotografia, musica/Story, screenplay, cinematography, music: Neil Young
Interpreti e personaggi/Cast and characters: Sarah White (Sun Green), Larry Cragg (Nonno), Eric Johnson (Jed/il diavolo), Twink Brewer (Nonna), Pegi Young (Edith Green), Russ Tamblyn (Capt. John Green), Erik Markegard (Earth Brown)
Produttore/Producer: L.A. Johnson, Neil Young
Montaggio/Film editor: Toshi Onuki (Neil Young)
Suono/Sound: Tim Mulligan, John Hausmann
Scenografia/Set design: Gary Burden, Fenice Heo, Eric Johnson, James Mazzeo
Soggetto, sceneggiatura, fotografia, musica/Story, screenplay, cinematography, music: Neil Young
Interpreti e personaggi/Cast and characters: Sarah White (Sun Green), Larry Cragg (Nonno), Eric Johnson (Jed/il diavolo), Twink Brewer (Nonna), Pegi Young (Edith Green), Russ Tamblyn (Capt. John Green), Erik Markegard (Earth Brown)
Produttore/Producer: L.A. Johnson, Neil Young
Montaggio/Film editor: Toshi Onuki (Neil Young)
Suono/Sound: Tim Mulligan, John Hausmann
Scenografia/Set design: Gary Burden, Fenice Heo, Eric Johnson, James Mazzeo