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Tom Waits: Tales from a Cracked Jukebox

2017 · 58 min

A smoky, after-hours drift through a strange musical mind, more mood than biography, best savoured with full attention.

Directed by
James Maycock
Genres
Documentary, Music
Starring
Tom Waits, Terry Gilliam, Ralph Carney
Overview
Tom Waits is one of the most original musicians of the last five decades. Renowned for his gravelly voice and dazzling mix of musical styles, he's also one of modern music's most enigmatic and influential artists. Using rare archive, audio recordings and interviews, this film is a bewitching after-hours trip through the surreal, moonlit world of Waits' music - a portrait of a pioneering musician and his unique, alternative American songbook.

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Directed by
James Maycock
Genres
Documentary, Music
Starring
Tom Waits, Terry Gilliam, Ralph Carney
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  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
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measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
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  • art
  • music
  • identity
  • isolation
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Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • documentary
  • nonlinear
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  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
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Humour4
Realism8
Romance2
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Genres
documentary, music
Directed by
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Starring
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Runtime
58 min
Country
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Languages
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