Tim DeLaughter is an American singer and songwriter, known as the frontman for both Tripping Daisy and later The Polyphonic Spree. He is know for the films This World Won't Break and Thumbsucker.
A broke-down middle aged Texas troubadour yearns to be remembered like the southern bluesmen before him, but his failings and self-doubt forestall his musical dreams and blind him to the open road.
The Polyphonic Spree toured in three phases during 2012. They decided to document the experience with a live recording at Webster Hall in New York City on May 23, 2012. In addition to the audio recording, they hired a six person camera crew to document the evening in New York.
Visioneer George Washington Winsterhammerman lives a comfortable but monotonous life in this slightly futuristic black comedy. When people start exploding from stress and George is showing early symptoms, he's forced to examine his life. Taking a look at his nice job, his sexless marriage and his resistance to life coaching, George reconsiders the philosophy of happiness through mindless activity.
엄지손가락을 빠는 행동적 장애를 보이는 주인공 저스틴과 주변 인물들의 살아가는 모습을 통해 무언가에 중독되고, 노력하고, 방황하고, 갈구하는 우리 삶의 단면을 보여준다. 키아누 리브스, 빈스 본, 틸다 스윈턴, 빈센트 필립 오드노프리오 등 막강한 출연진만으로도 주목 받기에 충분한 작품. 2005년 베를린 은곰상과 선댄스 심사의원 특별상 수상 등 각종 영화제에서 호평 받았으며, 2005년 미국 저명한 신문들과 평론가가 선정한 ‘반드시 보아야 할 영화 10선’에 선정되기도 했다.
Through all the years of Austin City Limits, there probably has never been a night quite like this. From the opening processional through the crowd, through the harp solos, cymbal crashes and rousing choruses, the many members of Polyphonic Spree, all wearing their floor-length choir robes of every color in the rainbow, lifted the show to new heights on that sultry night in August, 2004.
