SummaryAfter appearing in Michael Almereyda's film version of Hamlet (in which he played the ghost), Sam Shepard invited the filmmaker to document the staging of his most recent play, "The Late Henry Moss," when it premiered in San Francisco in the fall of 2000. The resulting documentary is a remarkable group portrait - a vivid look at masterful perform... Read More
Directed By:Michael Almereyda
This So-Called Disaster: Sam Shepard Directs the Late Henry Moss
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Generally Favorable
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Almereyda's movie is riveting for several reasons: its inside look at Shepard in action, its vivid account of how a challenging play is brought from printed page to public stage, and its glimpses of Shepard's troubled youth.
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Fascinating and instructive throughout.
80
It's fun to see actors doing what they do and to see them through the eyes of a director.
75
Insightful but unfocused.
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This So-Called Disaster was the father's sarcastic term for their relationship.
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Not as insightful as "Topsy-Turvy" or "Vanya on 42nd Street" about the process of putting on a show, it's nonetheless a fascinating meeting of the minds -- between iconic New York indie filmmaker Michael Almereyda and laconic American cowboy and dramatist Shepard.
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The scattered insights in This So-Called Disaster aren't worth the sifting it takes to find them.
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