PTA's Concert Doc
IndieWire • • entertainment
Key Points:
- Paul Thomas Anderson, known for his strong integration of music in film since the late 1990s, has created a concert film featuring Cameron Winter, frontman of the band Geese, capturing a solo piano performance at Carnegie Hall.
- The 72-minute film, distributed by Janus Films and expected to join the Criterion Collection, presents a tender, emotionally frail concert experience that highlights Winter’s intimate and shivery folk ballads.
- Winter’s performance, filmed with a dynamic and expressive camera style, evokes comparisons to artists like Harry Nilsson, Van Morrison, Tom Waits, and Rufus Wainwright, while maintaining his unique artistic identity.
- The film captures the emotional depth of songs such as “$0” and “Love Takes Miles,” offering an immersive and hypnotic experience described as a religious or solitary vigil-like event.
- The concert film has been highly praised, receiving an A- grade for its sincere and rhapsodic portrayal of Cameron Winter at a pivotal moment in his rising career.
