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12 May 1989 (Finland) moreTagline:
The concert was "the best live performance of the year." The movie is BIG TIME.Plot:
Bringing his unique sense of humor to this bizarre and original piece of moviemaking, Tom Waits takes... more | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
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(Credited cast) | Tom Waits | ... | Himself |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
 | Michael L. Blair | ... | Musician |
| Ralph Carney | ... | Musician |
| Greg Cohen | ... | Musician |
| Marc Ribot | ... | Musician |
| Willie Schwarz | ... | Musician |
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Tom Waits: Things got a little snooty downtown here today. I was on one those streets that, you know, you know the ones. Okay? I walked into a hotel, I knew somebody stayed in the hotel. I walked into the hotel. I said, "Listen, could you direct me to the elevators?" The guy said, "You mean, the elevators to the rooms?" I said, "No, the elevator to Hell. Of course I mean the elevators to the rooms!" moreSoundtrack:
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I love Tom Waits' music, I think he himself is a very interesting personality, and I saw this at the height of my interest in him, back when it came out in theaters. Yet I actually thought there was too much Waits in this movie. The director seemed in love with Tom, to the point where I felt like all the other band members were ignored. I didn't think Tom's "character" was developed particularly well--nothing very interesting happened with it. So the film was, to me, an unhappy cross between a straight concert film and a fictional story with characters. If they were going to go with a fictional story, and have Tom play someone other than himself, I think they should have taken it much further.