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‘Greendale’ tackles big issues,
yet often fails to resolve them
Musician-turned-director
Neil Young’s first film
debuts today at the Bijou
By Ryan Nyburg
Senior Pulse Reporter
Neil Young is an artist whom peo
ple either love or hate. His career is
full of so many twists and turns that
it would be a challenge to find some
one who likes all of his work. But of
all the artists to emerge from the
1960s and 1970s, Young is one of the
few who has continued to make new
and compelling music. While many
of his contemporaries have fallen
into the trap of living off their past
glories, he has remained relevant.
Now Young has recendy taken a
new path into the world of cinema
with his film "Greendale." The film is
a dramatization of Young's concept
album of the same name, which was
released last year. It deals with three
generations of a family struck by a
series of tragedies in a small coastal
town. The movie was shot with a dig
ital camera and has the cheap, grainy
quality of a home movie. The endre
story is told through the music of the
album, with the actors lip-syncing
the dialog.
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Neil Young’s
new movie
‘Greendale’ is
a film adaption
of his concept
album with the
same name.
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The primitive quality of the film
works in its favor, easily comple
menting the distorted blues jams
that comprise the soundtrack. The
music is so well integrated that it
easily tells the story, although the
lip-syncing often becomes distract
ing and hokey. In fact, the film's
flaws often outweigh the many
things it has going for it, particularly
in the area of its narrative structure.
The film contains scenes that the
music does not describe, leaving the
audience to guess at the meanings
behind the characters' actions. This
lack of exposition leaves some of the
more meaningful gestures and sym
bols hanging.
What the film does have on its
side is a strong political direction.
While many filmmakers tend to
avoid addressing modern political
issues directly, Young takes on post
Sept. 11 America by examining
issues of political activism, the inva
sion of privacy and gun violence. All
of these issues are discussed within a
modem context, with the occasional
news broadcast bringing home the
immediacy of each topic. The film's
conclusion involves some especially
relevant ideas, particularly in how
the family's youngest member finds
a way to combine her grandfather's
fierce individualism with her par
ent's idealism to create her own
form of activist ideology.
Yet the payoff of "Greendale" is
muddled by the same kind of lan
guage that caused 1960s counter
culture to slowly slip into irrele
vance. The activist ideas become
too vague, and the film simply
fades away without anything resem
bling a satisfactory conclusion. This
is a shame, since there were enough
good ideas floating around to make
a powerful statement about mod
ern political commitment. If only
they were condensed into a more
concrete statement.
As it stands, the film is still worth
seeing for what it does right. When
everything is working together, it's a
piece of powerful filmmaking.
Anyone who is a fan of the album,
or just Young's work in general will
probably appreciate it more than the
average filmgoer. Either way,
"Greendale" is definitely not a com
plete loss.
"Greendale" opens today at the
Bijou Art Cinemas, located at 492
E. 13th Ave.
Contact the senior pulse reporter
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