Off the Charts: The Song-Poem Story

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Audience Member I may have to send in some songs to be recorded. That Thank Jehovah for Kung Fu Bicycles and Priscilla Presley jam was great. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/13/23 Full Review Audience Member This was absolutely fantastic. One of the best documentaries I've seen in ages. Certainly one of the best about music. I tried to find more info about the flick, but there's just one PBS interview with the filmmaker. So definitely clue into this if you dig on quirky, honest filmmakers like Les Blank or Ross McElwee. The work is warm and respectful and revealing. Everything a cultural doc should be. Sometimes it seems to come dangerously close to mocking its subjects but then a humanist beat equalizes everything and film skirts back into a position of measured observation. As far as I'm concerned this is up there with "Sweet Grass", "Grey Gardens", "Gimme Shelter", "Sherman's March" and "Harland County, USA". It's just that good. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/22/23 Full Review Audience Member i almost want to submit lyrics now. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/12/23 Full Review Audience Member There is a little known world, at least to me, about the song-poem industry. There are people who appearantly make a living turning peoples lyrics into songs for them. Of course the interesting part is the completely absurd lyrics these people have to make songs out of. This movie introduces us to some of the writers of these songs and their reactions to the interpretations of their words to music. Very funny to watch. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/15/23 Full Review Audience Member On odd look at an odd phenomena of music...great doc! Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/26/23 Full Review Audience Member Pretty solid documentary. There needed to be more from the non-violent tae kwon do guy. I could see a whole spin-off with him. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/15/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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