I saw this movie in the place it was probably most intended to be screened: the Michigan Theatre, a restored movie palace in Ann Arbor, the real Michigan town where the film is set. Ann Arbor is perhaps best known to the rest of the world as the home of Michigan Stadium and the Wolverines, a popular football team that -- many people don't know this -- is also accredited to teach college-level courses!
This movie does a fine job of quickly sketching life in Ann Arbor, an artistic, laid-back community occasionally referred to as "San Francisco of the Midwest." The scenes of the folksinger's residency in the local coffeehouse were right on for the time -- sadly, most local coffeehouses no longer support live music, and those that do have started charging cover, more-or-less becoming alcohol-free clubs.
I know this probably makes me sound a little sad, but I would love to find this film on video and reminisce on the times we were living in when it first came out -- finishing high school, discovering espresso, figuring out what we were "good at," giggling at how incredibly, extremely deep Duncan was.
This movie does a fine job of quickly sketching life in Ann Arbor, an artistic, laid-back community occasionally referred to as "San Francisco of the Midwest." The scenes of the folksinger's residency in the local coffeehouse were right on for the time -- sadly, most local coffeehouses no longer support live music, and those that do have started charging cover, more-or-less becoming alcohol-free clubs.
I know this probably makes me sound a little sad, but I would love to find this film on video and reminisce on the times we were living in when it first came out -- finishing high school, discovering espresso, figuring out what we were "good at," giggling at how incredibly, extremely deep Duncan was.
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