Enzo Avitabile Music Life

Name: Enzo Avitabile Music Life
Genre: Documentary
Released: October 18, 2013
Duration: 79 min
Rating: 64

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Shadow Distribution | Release Date: October 18, 2013 | Not Rated

Summary: Director Jonathan Demme turns his camera on Enzo Avitabile, a renowned Neapolitan saxophonist and singer-songwriter.

Director: Jonathan Demme

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 79 min

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Alan Scherstuhl

Oct 15, 2013

Demme has crafted yet another superb document of musicians at work, one as much about creation—and the sources of inspiration—as it is about performance. A wonderful film, as in, it's full of wonders. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Sheila O'Malley

Oct 18, 2013

The film feels like a first draft. But then there is the music to celebrate. Read full review

Betsy Sharkey

Oct 24, 2013

In Enzo Avitabile Music Life, Demme has not given us an expansive film, and there are spots you wish he'd dug deeper. But there is such a well of emotion that the music alone is almost enough. Read full review

Keith Uhlich

Oct 15, 2013

The scenes of the film’s exuberant, frizzy-haired protagonist wandering Naples and revisiting old haunts, however, seem much more unfocused—a ramshackle search for insights into the man’s art and life that rarely come. The instruments are in tune, but the rhythm is off. Read full review

Nicolas Rapold

Oct 17, 2013

The fuzziness of Mr. Avitabile’s sentiments on boundary-blind unity is echoed in the movie’s slack, tag-along portraiture. Read full review

Keith Phipps

Oct 16, 2013

It’s possible that something’s getting lost in translation, but Demme’s film only occasionally makes it seem like it’s worth the effort for the rest of the world to catch up. Read full review

Jay Weissberg

Oct 21, 2013

Unlike Demme’s concert pics, this aims more for the process, yet brief scenes “in the old neighborhood” play out like cliches, and only Avitabile’s restlessness really lingers. Read full review

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Oct 20, 2013

This movie was just plain boring from start to finish. Enzo was not interesting, nor especially talented. I wanted to leave after 10 minutes. The lyrics to his songs were painfully simplistic. His saxophone playing was very average. The range of his singing voice was very narrow. TheThis movie was just plain boring from start to finish. Enzo was not interesting, nor especially talented. I wanted to leave after 10 minutes. The lyrics to his songs were painfully simplistic. His saxophone playing was very average. The range of his singing voice was very narrow. The group performances were endless and why any of the other performers would want to play second fiddle to him boggles the mind. One of the worst films I have seen in a long time. A must to avoid.… Expand

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