Blaze Foley: Duct Tape Messiah

2011
1h 14m

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A documentary on the everyday man behind the legend, Blaze Foley. Born in a tree house, killed in a friend's living room and 86'ed from his own funeral, is now a bona fide country music lege... Read allA documentary on the everyday man behind the legend, Blaze Foley. Born in a tree house, killed in a friend's living room and 86'ed from his own funeral, is now a bona fide country music legend whose songs are covered by Merle Haggard, John Prine, Willie Nelson and Lyle Lovett.A documentary on the everyday man behind the legend, Blaze Foley. Born in a tree house, killed in a friend's living room and 86'ed from his own funeral, is now a bona fide country music legend whose songs are covered by Merle Haggard, John Prine, Willie Nelson and Lyle Lovett.

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Took the director Kevin Triplett 12 years to complete. [From the film's producer: There were several reasons for this: it was the director's first full-length movie, the team interviewed over 125 people to uncover as much of the story as possible (Blaze had many groups of friends and led a compartmentalized life), the editing computer was stolen half-way through the project, a fire took out some of the editing equipment and even a projector mishap right before the film's premiere at SXSW in 2009 caused the screening to be canceled.]

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10/10

Excellent film

This was an amazing documentary about one of my favorite songwriters. I only wish it were longer, but it looks like there is a dvd with special features that I can look forward to seeing. Blaze Foley is one of my favorite songwriters, and I'm sure his popularity will increase with the release of the new feature film "Blaze," directed by Ethan Hawke. Duct Tape Messiah will be essential viewing for anyone intrigued by Blaze's character in the film and wanting to know more about his music. Duct Tape Messiah has great interviews with friends and fellow songwriters and well-done animations illustrating interesting events in Blaze's life. Thanks Kevin Triplett for making this film and letting us learn more about Blaze's life and art.