Ornette: Made in America (1985)

Name: Ornette: Made in America (1985)
Genre: Music, Documentary
Released: August 31, 2012
Duration: 85 min
Rating: 77

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Milestone Film & Video | Release Date: August 31, 2012 | Not Rated

Summary: Ornette: Made In America captures Ornette’s evolution over three decades. Returning home to Fort Worth, Texas in 1983 as a famed performer and composer, documentary footage, dramatic scenes, and some of the first music video-style segments ever made, chronicle his boyhood in segregated Texas and his subsequent emergence as an AmericanOrnette: Made In America captures Ornette’s evolution over three decades. Returning home to Fort Worth, Texas in 1983 as a famed performer and composer, documentary footage, dramatic scenes, and some of the first music video-style segments ever made, chronicle his boyhood in segregated Texas and his subsequent emergence as an American cultural pioneer and world-class icon. (Milestone Films)… Expand

Director: Shirley Clarke

Genre(s): Music, Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 85 min

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IndieWire Eric Kohn

Aug 30, 2012

Ornette isn't just a love letter to the liberty of jazz rhythms; it excels at expressing them. Read full review

John Anderson

Aug 31, 2012

Years after its initial release, Ornette: Made in America, part of Milestone's continuing "Project Shirley," still feels fresh - its moves always surprising, yet always somehow perfect. Read full review

Peter Rainer

Aug 31, 2012

Clarke started out as a dancer studying with Martha Graham, and much of Ornette has a dancelike swing and propulsion. What it doesn't provide is a cogent look at Coleman's artistry. This is not a jazz film for people who want to sit back and get mellow. The film itself is a species of jazz. It's offbeat without missing the beat. Read full review

Keith Uhlich

Aug 28, 2012

Coleman's life and work are treated as a continuum, which Clarke pulls from at will. Read full review

Janet Maslin

Nov 27, 2023

Miss Clarke's methods tend to be as fanciful as Ornette Coleman's are rigorous and abstract, but the collaboration between film maker and subject has its own kind of harmony. Read full review

Joseph Jon Lanthier

Aug 28, 2012

Shirley Clarke's portraiture eschews cohesive biography and often spirals off into lyrical dissonance. Read full review

John DeFore

Sep 1, 2012

Very much a work of its time, the documentary offers unique perspectives for fans of both the saxophonist and the pioneering filmmaker, but is unlikely to attract a broad audience beyond those camps. Read full review

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