I really enjoyed this doc when it was actually covering Terry Kath, even though I could see that the director, because she was his daughter who never really knew him, left out tons of exploration into his personality.
But what really got to me was, after I watched it, I did five minutes of research and discovered a HUGE omission. The movie asserts that Terry met amd courted his wife Camelia, writing her constantly for a year before they got together. This is represented in the doc as a fairy-tale romance. But Terry was married in 1970 and divorced in 1975, making the story of this approximately1974-1978 relationship, as well as the story of Terry Kath, much more complicated.
This is an amateurishly done doc, with a thin sub-plot of searching for a long-lost guitar (spoiler: grandpa and his wife had it in the closet keeping it for his daughter all along, raising questions as to just how interested she could have been in her father's life until she was somehow motivated to make this film).
It is great to see bandmates and Joe Walsh talking about Terry, but I have a sneaking suspision that some great nuanced material was omitted to fit a limited narrative.
But what really got to me was, after I watched it, I did five minutes of research and discovered a HUGE omission. The movie asserts that Terry met amd courted his wife Camelia, writing her constantly for a year before they got together. This is represented in the doc as a fairy-tale romance. But Terry was married in 1970 and divorced in 1975, making the story of this approximately1974-1978 relationship, as well as the story of Terry Kath, much more complicated.
This is an amateurishly done doc, with a thin sub-plot of searching for a long-lost guitar (spoiler: grandpa and his wife had it in the closet keeping it for his daughter all along, raising questions as to just how interested she could have been in her father's life until she was somehow motivated to make this film).
It is great to see bandmates and Joe Walsh talking about Terry, but I have a sneaking suspision that some great nuanced material was omitted to fit a limited narrative.
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