A family reunion turns nightmarish even by family reunion standards in take me to the river, the unsettling feature debut of writerdirector matt sobel. His partner in adventure is a local river rat, his cousin rio. American independent filmmaker matt sobel who has made his featurefilm debut with take me to the river 2015 said in an interview that the story for his film came from a nightmare. Oscar nominee terrence howard is our mc through the story as well as one of our recording artists. The film follows the recording of a new album featuring legends from stax. Icons of american music, from legendary stax records and memphis roots, mentor and pass on their knowledge and advice to contemporary artists. The film, woven together by an omnipresent sense of dread, is the masterful debut from writerdirector matt sobel. In the opening pages of take me to the river, dylan describes west texas as looking like the far side of the moon.
Its notable that a drive from milan to madrid is shorter by 500 miles. For the most part, take me to the river s lurch into melodrama marks a permanent shift away from it being just another sensitive sliceoflife. Bringing history to life for students, educators and the community. While telling the story of memphis and its music, this film centers around the recording of a. As children, cindy and keith have some degree of incestuous relationship, instigated by her natural childish discovery of the pleasure to be found by grinding her naughty bits against his neck in the chicken fight game. While extremely impressive in its mounting, the drama ventures into some tricky emotional territory that may induce queasiness in some viewers, or headscratching for others. But cindy robin weigert, his mom, demurs, saying she doesnt want to trouble the familial waters. The film brings multiple generations of awardwinning memphis and mississippi delta musicians together, following them through the creative process of recording a. Take me to the river a longburied family secret amos lassen matt sobels first feature is absolutely fascinating. What looks like a comingofage premise, though, is upended. Starring logan miller, robin weigert, josh hamilton, richard schiff, ursula parker. This debut indie feature from writerdirector matt sobel doesnt quite stand up to close. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, touching and gloomy films with plots about father daughter relationship, horse, incest, child abuse, singing, children and river mostly in drama genres. It is the type of movie where you may wantneed to watch it again to catch nuances you may have missed.
Take me to the river works best in scenes like the one where logan gets goaded by his uncle and aunt into singing the homoerotic song that he did for a school talent show back westwhile hes sitting in a midwestern breakfast nook and drinking generic storebrand cola out of a plastic tumbler. Fourteenyear old dylan sands has come all the way from north carolina to big bend national park, on the texasmexico border, to paddle the fabled rio grande river. Director martin shore is not a filmmaker by trade, and it shows in the films awkward shoehorning of historical information, much of which is curiously backloaded and takes away a. If you noticed, early on in the movie, molly mentions to ryder something about his father not being his father. Logan miller left and josh hamilton star in take me to the river, an unsettling mood piece filmed by writerdirector matt sobel on his extended familys property near falls city. A documentary celebrating the musical influence of memphis in the face of discrimination and segregation. Can somebody explain the ending to take me to the river. Take me to the river isnt a horror movie, but then its not not a horror. Take me to the river synopsis favorite theater button. In matt sobels take me to the river, a gay california teenager becomes enmeshed in scandal during a family reunion in nebraska. The movie has an interesting albeit slightly disturbing story line. Robin weigert and logan miller at an event for take me to the river 2015 logan.
Matt sobel has the capacity to make a great movie, but sadly take me to the river isnt it. Take me to the river 2014 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. Trolls world tour, a kids music movie, has big problems with pop. Sep 12, 2014 synopsis take me to the river is a feature film celebrating the intergenerational and interracial musical influence of memphis in the face of pervasive discrimination and segregation. Oddly, the song take me to the river is not in either the movie or the album. Take me to the river soundtrack list list of songs. A family reunion turns nightmarish in take me to the river. Take me to the river soundtrack list 2014 complete tracklist, all songs played in the movie and in the trailer, who sings them, soundtrack details and the entire music playlist of the album. It looks like we dont have a synopsis for this title yet. It stars sean penn, tim robbins, kevin bacon, laurence fishburne, marcia gay harden, and laura linney. Dylan is visiting because his cousin rio and his uncle alan invited him for a canoeing trip on the rio grande.
There were so many different emotionsmemories that some of the main characters were dealing with and sometimes they made me uncomfortable. If you like take me to the river you are looking for movies about with river, horse, cousin cousin relationship, family secrets, incest, summer and gun themes of drama genre shot in usa. Its a slowly tightening vise, all about suspicion and hostility and resentments and what people aren. There are a few moments of overt cultureclash in the movies second halflike when a creepily smiling. Mar 18, 2016 in matt sobels take me to the river, a gay california teenager becomes enmeshed in scandal during a family reunion in nebraska. Sobel largely abandons the naturalism of his early scenes, shooting for something more spare and spooky. Take me to the river is an adventure book written by will hobbs. Take me to the river by will hobbs is an engaging story that easily draws the readers attention to commence the novel and gives them the urge to continue reading. Take me to the river, is the new music documentary exploring the music mecca of memphis, and how the musicians and community continues to record and influence the world. Take me to the river isnt a horror movie, but then its not not a horror movie, either. Most similar movies to take me to the river the list contains related movies ordered by similarity.
Still, take me to the river is at its best when it focuses on the music. Take me to the river focused on a single event and just didnt let go, everything else became irrelevant. Have a look below to see the official soundtrack list for the 2014 documentary movie, take me to the ri. That rings true when we immerse ourselves within the narratives setting. This is a documentary about the soul of american music, particularly that of memphis, tennessee. Depravity lurks in take me to the river the boston globe. Nov 16, 2016 the first time i saw take me to the river was at its premiere at the 2015 sundance film festival, but while watching the movie again more than a year later, its impact came rushing back to.
Sep 24, 2014 take me to the river, is the new music documentary exploring the music mecca of memphis, and how the musicians and community continues to record and influence the world. Stay in the know with the latest movie news and cast interviews at movies. Take me to the river is an assured if oblique family psychodrama. I wanted to capture an outsiders feelings upon being immersed in the stark and thorny beauty of the big bend country. Moody take me to the river has illogical twists sfgate. Nov 20, 2016 i interpreted it as keith being ryders father and molly possibly being ryders sister. With take me to the river, director matt sobel delivers not only an atypical take on the comingofage story, but one of the most original movies to have premiered at the 2015 sundance film festival. Find your next favorite and similar movies in two steps. Sep 11, 2014 take me to the river soundtrack list 2014 complete tracklist, all songs played in the movie and in the trailer, who sings them, soundtrack details and the entire music playlist of the album. With logan miller, robin weigert, josh hamilton, richard schiff. Watch take me to the river 2014 full movie free online. Why did you choose a kid from asheville, north carolina, to tell the story.
Take me to the river is a 2014 american documentary film directed by martin shore about. Never sensationalist or melodramatic, take me to the river the title always gets me thinking about the singing from fish in that fever dream episode of the sopranos feels like a timebomb that doesnt explode but gradually seeps out, bruising instead of maiming. It is the story of a gay teenager ryder logan miller who is out to his freethinking, california parentsbut not to the backwater nebraskan extended family hes about to meet. Take me to the river is a 2015 american drama film directed by matt sobel and starring logan miller, richard schiff, and robin weigert. The story behind take us to the river most of the songs that i write come out of a time in my walk with god when certain elements or facets of my relationship with him, or part of his works in my life, become more crystallised in my thoughts. Take me to the river immerses a teenager in scandal at a. Hit versions were recorded by both syl johnson and talking heads. Welcome to take me to the river take me to the river is an awardwinning fulllength documentary film directed and produced by martin shore that has grown into an worldwide education initiative and a national music tour. A curious mystery shakes up a family reunion in take me to the river.
I interpreted it as keith being ryders father and molly possibly being ryders sister. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing take me to the river 2014 near you. Memphis music documentary, take me to the river, now on netflix. The first time i saw take me to the river was at its premiere at the 2015 sundance film festival, but while watching the movie again more than a year later, its impact came rushing back to. Curious to hear what other people thought about it, ill add my thoughts below.
A californian teenagers plan to come out at his nebraskan family reunion gets derailed when a bloodstain on his young cousins dress makes him the unwitting suspect of abuse. Take me to the river brings us inside these creative collaborations to share the struggles, the joy, and inspiration of some of americas most talented master musicians, who have influenced and inspired the worlds popular music. Aug 19, 2016 two years after its initial release, the film, take me to the river, has been released on netflix. Take me to the river begins in the southlands of texas with a boy named dylan visiting from north carolina. Mar 14, 2016 take me to the river is a quietly disturbing slice of southern gothic that isnt southern at all. With americas redstatebluestate dichotomy as his dramatic basis, sobel deftly sketches a family situation thats all awkwardness and puzzlement, partly hidden, of course, by the miens of forced cheerfulness that families feel obliged to don. Take me to the river 2015 plot summary 1 a californian teenagers plan to come out at his nebraskan family reunion gets derailed when a bloodstain on his young cousins dress makes him the unwitting suspect of abuse. Take me to the river immerses a teenager in scandal. Take me to the river is a feature film celebrating the intergenerational and interracial musical influence of memphis in the face of pervasive discrimination and segregation. Two years after its initial release, the film, take me to the river, has been released on netflix. Take me to the river is a 1974 song written by singer al green and guitarist mabon teenie hodges. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing take me to the river near you. Dark family secrets lurk in take me to the river sundance. The take me to the river project has produced both a very enjoyable movie and this album, which contains all the songs heard in the movie, plus a few others.
Sobels frame resonate the visceral sensation of getting trapped inside a nightmare. Mar 30, 2015 take me to the river a longburied family secret amos lassen matt sobels first feature is absolutely fascinating. Obiously important and the reason we rented this, thinking it was an lgbt movie. A wonderfully confident and strange drama about a gay california teenager who tries to come out to his conservative nebraskan relatives. Oblique to a fault and buoyed by a persistent unease, the movie seems. A year after take me to the river was released, his label, hi records, released a version by blues singer syl johnson. Though theres still more than an hour left after the big moment, nothing nearly as momentous happens.
A californian teenagers plan to come out at his nebraskan family. In 2004, al greens original version was ranked number 117 on rolling stone magazines list of the rolling stones 500 greatest songs of all time. From kent records, commonly acknowledged as the greatest soul reissue label in the world, comes take me to the river, a selection of 75 songs that tell the story of the golden era of southern soul 196177 over 3cds, with full notes and lavish illustrations in a 72 page fullcolour book, in a deluxe slipcase containing a jewel casesized hard cover book. While telling the story of memphis and its music, this film centers around the recording of a new album. Sobels buttonpushing mindfuck about adolescent sexuality and family secrets is a tenacious and taut drama that veers between comedy, drama, and thriller sometimes within the same scene.
But the action in this movie repeatedly violates this. Its a nebraskacalifornia culture clashsexual abuse story confined and contained in a single family, on a family farm over a reunionbirthday celebration weekend. Johnson added a harmonica at the beginning and had a little more edge to his voice, but otherwise it sounded faithful to greens version, which makes sense given it was had the same producer and most of the same musicians. The descriptions in the book are extremely vivid and effortlessly bring a visual image to mind. Dec 08, 2010 take me to the river by will hobbs is an engaging story that easily draws the readers attention to commence the novel and gives them the urge to continue reading. Take me to the river, the first feature film from writerdirector matt sobel, opens with 17yearold ryder logan miller in a car with his parents, deadwoods robin weigert and the west wings richard schiff, on the way from california to a family reunion in rural nebraska. A curious mystery shakes up a family reunion in take me to. Also sign me up for fanmail to get updates on all things movies. Sep 18, 2014 a love song set to the music of memphis, the film take me to the river is very much in the mold of muscle shoals, the 20 documentary that celebrated that titular alabama city and its. Mystic river is a 2003 american neonoir mystery drama film directed and scored by clint eastwood. In matt sobels take me to the river, a gay california teenager becomes.
When it debuted at the 2015 sundance film festival, matt sobels debut feature take me to the river provoked what one writer described as a polarizing reaction among critics. Take me to the river 2015 take me to the river 2015. But you cant, not when his script is shot full of holes and broken narratives that confuse mystery with absence of story development. Take me to the river is a quietly disturbing slice of southern gothic that isnt southern at all. The movieclips channel is the largest collection of licensed movie clips on the web. I hope this is the right way to go about starting one. Take me to the river trailer the story opens with a californian teenagers plan to come out at his nebraskan family reunion getting derailed as a bloodstain on his young cousins dress makes him the unwitting suspect of abuse. The film was disturbing, the acting was subpar, and a lot of what happened just didnt.
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