Shangri-La (2019)
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| SHOWTIME | Release Date: July 12, 2019 |
Summary:
The four-part documentary series directed by Morgan Neville and Jeff Malmberg looks at music making at Rick Rubin's Malibu music studio.
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Movie/Mini-Series, Documentary, Music
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IndieWire
Jul 12, 2019
RogerEbert.com
Jul 12, 2019
Season 1 Review:
We eavesdrop on conversations between Rubin and his artists, we get tours of the ground to learn its history, and the series attains a cumulative, mesmerizing power that I imagine is akin to spending a long night around a bonfire with Rubin, talking a bit about his legacy but also about what it means to be an artist, and even more to be a human being.
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Jul 12, 2019
Season 1 Review:
How Neville, Malmberg and their team manage to make all of this cohere together over four free-form episodes is slightly unbelievable. Somehow, the drifting from recording sessions to vigorous Rubin head-nodding to old film clips to community-college theater department recreations of Krush Groove to pro-wrestling footage — Rick is a huge fan — to existential musings makes you feel like you’re inside the producer’s head.
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Jul 10, 2019
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Jul 18, 2019
Season 1 Review:
It’s not a traditional biography. Director Morgan Neville (20 Feet From Stardom, Won’t You Be My Neighbor?) lets each episode meander like a train of thought. ... What resonates most in Shangri-La—a gentle, summery viewing experience as relaxing as its subject is relaxed—is Rubin’s authenticity, his ability to connect with whoever happens to be in his studio regardless of their age, race or gender.
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The Daily Beast
Jul 12, 2019
Season 1 Review:
Alternately fascinating and frustrating. ... While Neville and Malmberg’s atypical non-fiction approach is initially refreshing, their disinterest in so much of the output that made Rubin a unique icon eventually becomes disheartening. Moreover, it results in repetition.
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