HEARTWORN HIGHWAYS

(1981) Director: James Szalapski

Available on DVD

SUMMARY:

"Shot in 1975, the amazing documentary Heartworn Highways is a very personal look (and listen) at some of the rebels of country music. At the time a new term was being coined, Outlaw Country (an original working title for the piece), and just before some of it's stars and most memorable characters became recognizable, they were featured on James Szalapski's amazing film. Heartworn Highways was virtually without celebrity. Its biggest names such as Townes Van Zandt, Guy Clark and Steve Earl were young and relatively unknown. Szalapski opted to keep big names far away from it and instead chose to make an "organic" documentary with Van Zandt and Clark being his "stars" or main characters."

VIDEO:

Scene from HEARTWORN HIGHWAYS.

REVIEWS, INTERVIEWS, CREDITS:

• San Fransisco Chronicle review
• Mix Magazine review
  
• IndieWorkshop review
  

NOTES:

• Much of the footage of Townes Van Zandt featured in the film was used in the 2004 film 'Be Here to Love Me'
• Produced in the same year (1975) as Robert Altman's 'Nashville'.
• The single frame sequence at one hour and six minutes in, created by Ted Churchill, has since been replicated in various music videos, commercials, and films.