Self
A documentary about legendary San Diego-based, roots rock band, THE BEAT FARMERS featuring interviews with members Jerry Raney, Joey Harris, Buddy Blue, Rolle Love, and Country Dick Montana, plus Dwight Yoakam, Dave Alvin, Harry Shearer, Dr. Demento, and Mojo Nixon (among others).
Himself
A journey into the world of well-traveled singer-songwriters like Peter Case, Mary Gauthier, Chris Smither, Dave Alvin, Slaid Cleaves and many more. The film contains live performances of 40 brilliantly crafted songs, as well as informal moments and interviews in which the artists reflect on audiences, songwriting, the music business, and life.
Self
Haggard actually lived the rambling, gambling, love ‘em and leave ‘em, often brutal life that remains the bedrock of country music lyrics – he hopped his first freight train at the age of 10, became a chronic truant and drinker and was locked up some 17 times as a youngster. Serious criminal charges followed, including car theft. He was, literally, in the inmate audience in 1959, when Johnny Cash gave his New Year’s Day concert in San Quentin – and, as he’s said repeatedly, “my life changed forever.”
Interviewee, The Blasters
A biographical study of seminal punk blues singer Jeffrey Lee Pierce and his band the Gun Club.
Hootenanny can best be described as a roots, rockabilly, blues, punk lifestyle event with an edge. It is the premier Americana event. Hootenanny merges the primordial roots of rockabilly, blues and swing with the counterculture it has spawned amongst generation Xeres of today. Its eclectic mix of the innovators and originators affords it the honor of being one of the biggest and most anticipated events of the year. Artists include Joe Strummer, Rocket From the Crypt, Nekromantix, Cadillac Tramps, John Doe, The Blasters, The Paladins, Hot Rod Lincoln, Lee Rocker, James Intveld, Dave Alvin, Junior Brown, Tex and the Horseheads, Russell Scott, Manic Hispanic, Dave Vanian and the Phantom Chords.
Self
Short documentary about the making of Cry-Baby (1990).
Chauffeur
A disaffected and increasingly disturbed young man journeys through post-riot Los Angeles.
Musician
Prelúdio para a famosa série de TV homônima. Vemos primeiramente as investigações do agente especial do FBI Chester Desmond no caso Teresa Banks. Então saltamos no tempo para uma semana antes do início da série, e acompanhamos todos os acontecimentos de Laura Palmer durante o eterno pesadelo até a hora de sua morte.
Dave
Before carving out a niche as one of the most distinct voices in nineties American cinema, Allison Anders made her debut, alongside codirectors and fellow UCLA film school students Kurt Voss and Dean Lent, with 1987’s Border Radio. A low-key, semi-improvised postpunk diary that took four years to complete, Border Radio features legendary rocker Chris D., of the Flesh Eaters, as a singer/songwriter who has stolen loot from a club and gone missing, leaving his wife (Luanna Anders), a no-nonsense rock journalist, to track him down with the help of his friends (John Doe of the band X; Chris Shearer). With its sprawling Southern Californian and Mexican landscapes, captured in evocative 16mm black and white, Border Radio is a singular, DIY memento of the indie film explosion in America.
The Blasters
Durante um show, a cantora de rock Ellen Aim (Diane Lane) é sequestrada pela gangue de motoqueiros “Os Bombardeiros”, liderados por Raven Shaddock (Willem Dafoe). Quando ex-namorado de Ellen, o bad boy Tom Cody (Michael Paré), retorna à cidade e descobre o que aconteceu, ele parte em seu resgate. Para enfrentar essa violenta guerra de gangues rivais, ele vai contar com a ajuda de Billy Fish (Rick Moranis), o atual empresário de Ellen e McCoy (Amy Madigan), uma ex-soldada.
