Low down [dvd] / Bona Fide/Epoch Films production ; produced by Albert Berger & Ron Yerxa, Mindy Goldberg ; written by Amy-Jo Albany and Topper Lilien ; directed by Jeff Press.
Title from container. Originally released as a motion picture in 2014. Based on the book "Low down: junk, jazz, and other fairy tales from childhood" by A.J. Albany. Special features: Feature length audio commentary with director Jeff Preiss, composer Ohad Talmor, and film critic Ed Halter; Behind the scenes of "Low down", a featurette with cast and crew; Interview/Q&A with Amy-Jo Albany and Flea; theatrical trailer; With excerpt from Amy-Jo Albany's memoir, Low down: junk, jazz, and other fairy tales from childhood. John Hawkes, Elle Fanning, Lena Headey, Flea, Caleb Landry Jones.
Summary:
Based on the memoir by Amy-Jo Albany, it is a compassionate, tender look at the complex relationship between Amy-Jo and her father, legendary jazz musician Joe Albany, a man torn between his musical ambition, his devotion to his teenage daughter, and his suffocating heroin addiction. Set against a sensuously textured 1970s Hollywood, the film beautifully evokes a colorful, seedy world of struggling musicians, artists, and vagabonds.
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