Memphis

Name: Memphis
Genre: Drama
Released: September 5, 2014
Duration: 75 min
Rating: 65

2014

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Kino Lorber | Release Date: September 5, 2014 | Not Rated

Summary: A strange singer with ‘god given talent’ drifts through the mythic city of Memphis under its canopy of ancient oak trees, shattered windows and burning spirituality. Surrounded by lovers, legends, hustlers, preachers, and a wolfpack of kids, the unstable performer avoids the recording studio and is driven to spend time in his own form ofA strange singer with ‘god given talent’ drifts through the mythic city of Memphis under its canopy of ancient oak trees, shattered windows and burning spirituality. Surrounded by lovers, legends, hustlers, preachers, and a wolfpack of kids, the unstable performer avoids the recording studio and is driven to spend time in his own form of self-discovery. Shown in fragments, his journey drags him from love and happiness right to the edge of another dimension. [Kino Lorber]… Expand

Director: Tim Sutton

Genre(s): Drama

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 75 min

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Richard Brody

Apr 16, 2015

[Willis’s] heavy trudge on a game leg suggests weariness of historical dimensions; the harmonious mysteries of the urban landscape are themselves the essence of his art. A brilliant sequence of musicians at work gets away from familiar modes of filmed performance and into the depths of inner experience. Read full review

Stephen Holden

Sep 4, 2014

A soulful cinematic tone poem. Read full review

Ty Burr

Oct 2, 2014

I thought of “That’s Life!” while watching Memphis, Tim Sutton’s sometimes forced, sometimes extraordinary tone poem about a modern-day bluesman. Enigmatic and brief — all of 79 minutes — the movie seems to fall into the cracks between documentary and fiction. Read full review

Vadim Rizov

Sep 3, 2014

Constantly just dodging visual cliché, Sutton tries to isolate moments of beauty and frustration within a specific milieu. Sometimes he captures resonant moments in bars and in stray dialogue; other times, his purposelessness seems less like a strategy and more like an evasive feint. Read full review

Noel Murray

Sep 3, 2014

While Memphis is similar in style and in assurance to the lower-ambition Pavilion, it reaches toward something it can’t fully grasp. Read full review

John DeFore

Sep 18, 2014

[An] aimless but oddly charismatic film. Read full review

Keith Uhlich

Sep 3, 2014

The filmmaker’s second feature is an unfortunate sophomore slump, an abrasive and opaque artist-in-crisis story that feels protracted at barely 80 minutes. Read full review

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