Searching For The Wrong Eyed Jesus
A captivating and compelling road trip through the creative spirit of the South featuring Country’ singer Jim White and his beaten-up Chevy Impala drifting past churches, trailer parks, prisons, truck stops, biker bars and coalmines to a superb musical soundtrack. Jim's roadside encounters with musical mavericks like the .. Read more
| Director | Andrew Douglas |
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| Genres | Documentary, Music/Musical |
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"I'm just looking for the gold tooth in God's crooked smile," says folk musician Jim White, with characteristic... read more on Time Out
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Most helpful members' reviews (3)
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5 out of 5 people found this review helpful
strange but true
this is not so much about music rather it is a self indulgent road trip by some weird people, writing songs about even weirder people.
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3 out of 3 people found this review helpful
It's Jesus or Hell!
THIS IS NOT A MUSICAL!!
A trip down south to reveal its musical and religious soul while deliberately ignoring the obviuos, ie. the civil war and the racial mix.
This film is a real eye opener. Summed up by Jim White's comment that to live in small town south American states you have to choose 'Jesus or Hell, there ain't no in between'.
A MUST see docu/film. -
2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
A bit limp
I like Jim White's music, but this search for meaning in the South is selective of it's reality and appears contrived. You can almost hear the director shout 'get those normal folk and modern cars out the shot, this place is meant to be wierd!'
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Most recent members' reviews (2)
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1 out of 1 person found this review helpful
not so good second time
saw this on the tv and was rivetted and had to see it again but didn't seem so powerful. worth checking out
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3 out of 3 people found this review helpful
It's Jesus or Hell!
THIS IS NOT A MUSICAL!!
A trip down south to reveal its musical and religious soul while deliberately ignoring the obviuos, ie. the civil war and the racial mix.
This film is a real eye opener. Summed up by Jim White's comment that to live in small town south American states you have to choose 'Jesus or Hell, there ain't no in between'.
A MUST see docu/film.
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5 out of 5 people found this review helpful
strange but true
this is not so much about music rather it is a self indulgent road trip by some weird people, writing songs about even weirder people.
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3 out of 3 people found this review helpful
It's Jesus or Hell!
THIS IS NOT A MUSICAL!!
A trip down south to reveal its musical and religious soul while deliberately ignoring the obviuos, ie. the civil war and the racial mix.
This film is a real eye opener. Summed up by Jim White's comment that to live in small town south American states you have to choose 'Jesus or Hell, there ain't no in between'.
A MUST see docu/film. -
2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
A bit limp
I like Jim White's music, but this search for meaning in the South is selective of it's reality and appears contrived. You can almost hear the director shout 'get those normal folk and modern cars out the shot, this place is meant to be wierd!'
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1 out of 1 person found this review helpful
Wierd and wonderful
This is NOT what I expected. I thought I was going to get a musical documentary about old time and roots music in the southern USA. It's actually an exploration of the world that influenced a very strange and haunting album - it has musicians, but not 'musical numbers' and it also has some of the scariest evangelicals (speaking in tongues, etc) and wierdest folk around. A totally engrossing social documentary with some fine (amateur) old timey music thrown in.
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1 out of 1 person found this review helpful
not so good second time
saw this on the tv and was rivetted and had to see it again but didn't seem so powerful. worth checking out
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mmmm
i love this film. beautiful music wonderful cenery and a bizarre presenter.
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Beautiful
A wonderful piece of work lurking between documentary and narative. It isn't quite like anything I've seen before and though some might not like this stylised and idiosynchratic documentary, I loved it.
It is filled to the brim with beautiful music and cinematography and some great bits of dialogue. Often so good infact, you can't help wondering how much has been scripted. -
Fascinating
What I found interesting were the polarities. Either saint or sinner and no inbetween. No grey area. Except for a small group who were unable to choose between either extreme. And the saints seem to cross over to sinners and the sinners seem to cross over into saints. If you're into philosophy, this one is done musically. I loved it.
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Delving into the deep south
A really fantastic journey across the US deep south with great cinematography, quirky characters and the music of the region and Jim White. I first caught this on Arena and really wanted to see it again and it didn't disappoint. It's a lethal combination of alt country and indie style with wild stories of death and desertion thrown in. Like the one eyed Jesus mentioned in the title, it deserves to be rescued and treasured.
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stunning
A sometimes bleak, sometimes rather terrifying documentary on the lost heart of the deep South.
From the furiously Pentecostal churches, through to the twisted and fantastic stories of Harry Crews, this documentary is hauntingly captivating from start to finish.
Add to that a near perfect soundtrack from Jim White, Johnny Dowd, The Handsome Family and the faultless solo performances by David Eugene Edwards (16 Horsepower) this film is so good it will stay with you for a time.
So good I immediately went out and bought it.
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"I'm just looking for the gold tooth in God's crooked smile," says folk musician Jim White, with characteristic... read more on Time Out
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