Candy Mountain (1988)

Directed by

Rudy Wurlitzer, Robert Frank

Genre

drama film

Country

France, Switzerland, Canada

Runtime

1h 31m

Rated

12

Rating

6.1 of 10 from 13 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A guitar maker with a strong reputation for his custom instruments goes on a road trip from New York City to Nova Scotia. Along the way he connects with old friends and musicians from his past.

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What happens

Candy Mountain is a 1987 drama film directed by Robert Frank and Rudy Wurlitzer, and starring Kevin J. O'Connor, Harris Yulin and Tom Waits. Set in New York City and Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, it is categorized as a drama and road movie, drawing heavy inspiration from 1960s genres of film and music. The film premiered at the 1987 Locarno Film Festival. Frank's third collaboration with American novelist and screenwriter Wurlitzer, the latter explains the story as a combination of the lives of both him and Frank. He stated, "We both live in New York and we both have houses in Cape Breton. In a way Elmore's route was the same as ours. Music and musicians, their dilemmas and lifestyles, mean a lot to Robert and myself." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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