Low Down (2014) (original) (raw)
Teenager Amy-Jo comes of age in the turbulent world of her gifted, tormented and frequently absent musician father, Joe Albany, a bebop-jazz pianist who played with Lester Young and Charlie Parker. She watches with tender concern as he fights to find gigs, maintain his heroin addiction, and stay out of jail.
Teenager Amy-Jo comes of age in the turbulent world of her gifted, tormented and frequently absent musician father, Joe Albany, a bebop-jazz pianist who played with Lester Young and Charlie Parker. She watches with tender concern as he fights to find gigs, maintain his heroin addiction, and stay out of jail. (less)
Director: Jeff Preiss
Starring: John Hawkes, Elle Fanning, Glenn Close, Lena Headey, Flea, Caleb Landry Jones
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Review by Brian Orndorf, November 14, 2014
5 / 10
Jazz is nothing but suffering, at least according to the movies. �Low Down� is the Joe Albany bio-pic, surveying the pianist�s life as he disrupted his musical gift with drugs and selfishness, neglecting his only daughter in the process. This is not a story of sunshine and clarity, but prolonged mistreatment, watching characters struggle for nearly two hours, never quite learning anything about themselves or their demons. �Low Down� has a specific glaze that�s certainly tended to by director Jeff Preiss, but rarely does it hit a note of profundity that revives interest in the gradual unravelin ...read more...
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