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Jaco

2015 · 111 min

A warm, music-filled tribute that slowly turns heartbreaking as talent and fame give way to decline.

Genres
Documentary, Music
Overview
The story of Jaco Pastorius, a self-taught, larger-than-life musician who single-handedly changed the course of modern music by redefining the sound and the role of the electric bass guitar. Never-before-seen 8mm film, photographs, and audio recordings unveil the true story behind the legend of Jaco’s life, his music, and his heartbreaking end.

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    Themes
    • music
    • art
    • ambition
    • madness
    • death
    Places
    None
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    • documentary
    • true story
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence none
    • Sex mild
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    Action2
    Horror1
    Humour3
    Realism9
    Romance2
    Tension4
    Darkness6
    Complexity5
    Emotional weight8

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