"JOHNNY CASH: THE MAN, HIS WORLD, HIS MUSIC"

"JOHNNY CASH: THE MAN, HIS WORLD, HIS MUSIC"

Year: 1969
Running time: 82 min.
Language: English
Director: Robert Elfstrom

Synopsis: Johnny Cash: The Man, His World, and His Music (1969), directed by Robert Elfstrom, is a “slice of life” picture of the singer from this period. Shot in direct cinema style, the film takes the viewer along on Cash’s boisterous ride. The scene stretches from adoring fans to bemused reporters, from awed young singers to fellow veteran musical travellers, from the stages of Nashville back to the dirt-poor Arkansas farm where he grew up. The voyage is a bit more respectable than rowdy, with Cash largely playing the family man rather than a disheveled, drug-addled wild man. But you still get flashes of his anger, class critique, and outlaw orneriness as he glares at the invasive camera. And you get odd, transcendent moments. Like Cash dueting with Bob Dylan.


(Source: popmatters.com)