"A Mighty Wind," a whimsical folk music tale
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- Опубліковано 27 сер 2024
- Christopher Guest and his band of improvisational troubadours pay a visit to Charles Osgood's New York City apartment, to talk about their folk music mockumentary, "A Mighty Wind." Originally broadcast April 13, 2003.
Christopher Guest deserves a Lifetime Achievement Academy Award.
The Acadeny Award does not deserve Christopher Guest.
Parker Posey too. Complete package - talent, brains, looks.
Agree.
Absolutely.
Brilliant! I've been a Christopher Guest super fan since my teens in the early 80s. What a cast of immensely multi-talented people. RIP Fred Willard.
It's blowin' peace and freedom. It's blowin' you and me.
Really genius to have an entire song that sounds pretty much like a fun standard folk song -- with the funny line being the very last line of the song.
This ensemble and all their films are amazing.
Not only is the movie great, but the soundtrack is even better. I find myself listening to it quite often.
c_cat71 I can't not cry to "When You're Next to Me" whenever I hear it
Me too! One of the greatest movie soundtracks of all time.
me three
Shawn McLaughlin yes, that’s a beautiful song.
Kudos to CBS for editing this piece to end on the line "it's blowing you and me"
It is
There is a literal wind, that is blowin you and me
Being a young man in the 1960s who was really into folk music this movie resonates.
I love the genius of Christopher Guest. His movies are soo good! I discovered them on accident and I completely fell in love with them. Waiting for Guffman and Best In Show are my favorites!
Someone literally fell int the aisle laughing when I saw this movie. Classic.
I absolutely love the style of film Christopher guest shoots. This is my favorite.
those eugene levy album covers, the one of "mitch" digging his own grave had me howling. "calling it quits". love that fatalist dark humor, eugene's look is pure despondence.
So, I'm not the only one...I think I laughed too hard at those the first time I saw them.
Continually amazed and the talent that just sweats out of these guys: acting, playing a myriad of instruments, and the wonderfully subtle, ironic, and snarky humor...all woven together into some astonishing results. But I think you have to have a certain refined level of humor to understand and "get" their mindset. I once went to see A Mighty Wind with 2 friends...one friend and I laughed uproariously throughout the whole thing, while the other one was annoyed, and didn't "get it." Which was her great loss. As well, seeing the original Spinal Tap with an old boyfriend, with both of us having the understanding of the bombastic 70s "prog rock" hair bands--and their demise--is still one of my favorite memories. We laughed till our sides ached! And of course, much of it all started with SCTV, which we watched religiously (to this day, I STILL quote lines from SCTV!) Super super talented folks!
Just LOVE A Mighty Wind! Still watch it all the time. Such creativity!
They are Pure Genius all of them ...In every movie they make ..Its amazing all that talent among friends
They must have so much fun!
Genius.
Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer are amazing. Spinal Tap, The Folksmen, amps that go to 11, Stonehenge, The Flower People, beautifully crafted folk songs. I haven't seen A Mighty Wind yet but must do so.
Have watched This Is Spinal Tap so many times and still laugh loads when I watch it. I have played in bands and was in one for 15 years so can relate to ST completely.
Gimme Some Moneeeeeey! 💰
"I got a weel wed wagon!" RIP Fred Willard.
I can't do my wuhrk.
Put them in the cell with the long hose on them!
RIP? I don't think so!
Wha hoppen?
Once you get to 14 guitars, someone has to go home. LOL
I think if you come in the first time to watch it and you don't get it ... then you just have to stay and watch it till you do 😊😂❤
I love this movie. It came about during a dark time in my life and helped bring me back. Laughter is the best medicine....God bless Fred Willard...hey wha happened?
One of my all time favorite movies - if you haven't seen it, do yourself a favor and watch it now!
Thank god for model trains. If they didn't have the model train they wouldn't have gotten the idea for the big train.
That is one of my favorite lines from a movie ever!
A Mighty Wind is one of the movies closest to my heart 💜
*Favorite*
The soundtrack can make me spontaneously cry happy tears
This movie really really really needs to be a musical!! It would have lots of monologues since there are so many talking heads, but I feel very strongly that this has to be a musical.
One of my favorite movies!
"To do Then, Then, was very Nowtro"
🤣🤣🤣
Are we talking about the dickies??
"Such a fine line between stupid and clever," lives on! Yay.
Yes! One of my favorites!
I adore this movie so much.
I never heard of this movie until a couple days ago. I guess I'll have to rent it.
What did you think? (It's one of my favorites....)
@@heathercollins4432
I forgot all about it until you asked.
It does look good, but I'm thinking that since I forgot about it once, I am probably not as jazzed about it as I thought.
But I can never tell, I may remember it the next time I get to the video rental shop.
I am glad to hear that the movie is not political. Folk musicians sang about freedom and didn't seem to care about the horrors of communism and that people around the world needed the U.S. to stop communists from taking over their countries.
The South Koreans are certainly glad that we helped them fight of communists, and the Hungarians were upset that we didn't help them in 1956.
My God the TALENT!! (I sound like a character from Waiting for Guffman but I really mean this. ) I’m ....blown away. there I go again. Lol
I love this movie. And music. I remember the folk music movement. I as a child. But I listen to real folk music now too.
This is a great movie!
That "Welllllllllllllllllll" gets me everytime!
The people who don't get A Mighty Wind should be avoided.
Clearly Christopher Guest is a genius, but fortunately for us, of the funny kind. While I've seen all his mockum - oops, sorry, social satire movies - I think "A Mighty Wind" is his perfect movie. This could air on PBS, er, PBN as a documentary of that preciously small window between late 1950s and early 1960s, and if you'd had amnesia, you would believe this actually happened. The characters are deeply etched and every one is realistic, and the music is spot-on for the genre. Here it is 2019 and I'm still singing "When You're Next to Me"... and I'm not the only one, as several artists have covered songs from the movie. When you're enjoying the comedy and suddenly you're anticipating the kiss as if it's a serious sentimental movie, the writers have pulled off a minor miracle. Kudos to Guest and Levy, and of course everyone else involved. Kudos too to Mr. Osgood, who clearly "got" the subject and wrote his piece perfectly blending the interviews with scenes from the movie.
One of my favorite movies but I didn't know until now that there wasn't a script. That makes it even more funny, now.
Ha-larious. These guys are geniuses!
If you punched a hole in it, you'd have a good time. Favourite line.😂
one of my favorite movies! I listen to the soundtrack all the time!
Lol! Love this! I have Spinal Tap, Mighty Wind, and Best in Show on DVD. Originally had Spinal Tap on VHS first though!😆
You need Waiting for Guffman , which I think is his best one, to finish out the collection.
@@softshoes - Yes...then definitely "Best in Show!"
Absolutely one of my favorite films. I wish you could make more of these. "Waiting For Guffman", "Best In Show", "For Your Consideration" and this movie are a great start! Thank you guys so much!!
“Eleven people have to go home.”🤣🤣🤣
“Are those lights up there?” Bob Balaban ❤️👍👏
I love that Christopher Guest is Jamie Lee Curtis’s husband. So awesome
Right? They both have a wonderful sense of humor.
He is also Lord Haden-Guest.
I suppose there is probably a large part of society that wouldn't "get" the movie....but I thought it was hysterical....a laugh out loud riot!!!!!!!!
"They would teeter crazily...." You have to have command of the language to do improv.
You had to be a Boomer to remember this, and how absolutely accurate the parody was. I laughed so much in the theater that people thought maybe something was wrong with me, or I was putting it on. I bought seven copies to give friends. The twist to the film is that at one point, the clownish musicians suddenly play something quite beautiful. And when you think about it, the values in folk music did blow up into the world we live in since.
Not necessary to be a Boomer. One could be a Gen X with Silent Generation parents and have grown up with their recordings of The Weavers (as I did) or the Kingston Trio (as my college boyfriend did). Also lots of PPM in my childhood and summer-camp days.
You have to put the hole in the record yourself..... classic!
I loved this movie!
'ending with improved "if you punch a hole in it, you can have a lot of fun" genius!
😂😂😂😂
The thing about satire is that it must be lovingly done if it is to be needle sharp. 'A Mighty Wind' is a tremendous achievement, every bit as good as the more celebrated 'This Is Spinal Tap'.
One of the greatest "SLEEPERS" ever. just sayin'
Loved all these movie...the dry humor is small chuckles galore!
Lemmings - Belushi and Chase launch to
Stardom and Guest comes into his own in the 80s.
I know it’s creepy, but I’ve been in love with Parker Posey for about 30 years.
"If you punched a hole in them, you'd have a good time" I love Harry Shearer
4:50 Bob Balaban was not expecting that smack to his head. 😂😂😂
Being a backstage person (sound and lighting) that whole scene made me cry, I was laughing so hard...because it was so true!!!!
For anyone who thinks they're just joking, to my recollection that's true. It was improvised in response to Bob Balaban living up to the director's instruction to be as annoying as he possibly could.
While I loved this movie, I was one of those people who did not get "Best in Show." Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't.
I need to watch Spinal Tap, Then the Mighty Wind.
Then "Waiting for Guffman," then "Best in Show..." - you won't be disappointed!!!!
I tend to grab my guitar whenever I watch song clips from the movie, and play along. Since they actually play their instruments on camera it's easy to steal their chord progressions.
Hands down the best movie of all time.
Great finish to the video. A real happy ending
Thanks Chris. This film is one of my favorites!
This Bulging River is actually a song I could hear in a musical.
Kevin Musically, it is actually very stirring even though the lyrics are awesomely goofy
“If you punched a hole in it, you’ll have a good time”
I love these movies.
Parker Posey is so adorable cute!
Retro... That's something but "Nowtro"? That's something else baby.
“Chasing a rainbow dream” is one of the funniest lines ever
After seeing this movie I realized that I was a no-wanderer.
Christopher Guest has an advantage playing guitar, having 6 fingers.
This is just to say I see what you did there.
Absolutely
Good, fun movie!
I want them to spoof all these paranormal ghost hunting teams or Bigfoot hunters or both!!!
Yes a mighty winds a blowing
Cross the land and cross the sea
It's blowing peace and freedom
It's blowing equality
Yes it's blowing peace and freedom
It's blowing you and me!
😆😆😆
Christopher Guest is the Jerry Garcia of movies
“His name’s Jim”
Naturally funny man. Such wit.
To do Then now is very retro, but to do Then then would be very nowtro.
Dr. Seuss, were you the screenwriter?
"Wah-happen?!"
A powerful winde.
Christopher guest is pure genius
I'll return to rock n roll when Spinal Tap is in the RR HOF. Till then it's just noise.
Spinal Tap is, without a doubt, the funniest movie ever made.
But has a neuftet ever gone to 11?
Hey whaa-happened
I don´t think Christopher is able to smile
Even comedy dialog is funny:)))
Hi🖐️!! Just here as the #100 commenter🔥😘
I've been enjoying his work since the mid 70s when he was providing characters and original music for the National Lampoon Radio Hour. Too bad the mockumentary concept ran out of steam after "A Mighty Wind". But "For Your Consideration" was the weakest of the bunch and that seemed to be the end of the road.
FYC was a satire of the Hollywood awards process; no wonder that it wasn't well received by the movie industry.
Comic genius.
Quite amazing and annoying.....at the same time.
I miss comedy. Nothing's funny anymore. PC stole it and burried it.
It's buried. Tell me again why A Mighty Wind isn't PC and funny.
What's mind boggling is that folksters like this were the hipsters of their time, they were pushing the limits of what was considered socially acceptable for middle-class White people. In many small towns, a local coffee shop featured live fok music on weekends, and it was often the one place you could score some weed (aka Puff the Magic Dragon).
Please don't defame Puff the Magic Dragon by repeating the tired myth that it had anything to do with drugs. Peter, Paul and Mary have said many times that not only does it not, they are genuinely pained by people turning a song about the innocence of childhood into some kind of code for drugs.
Note: you don't know me, so you'll just have to trust that I have no problem with people pointing out songs that actually _are_ making coded references of this sort (whether to drugs, sex or whatever). I just find it annoying when people insist upon doing it to songs that aren't in that category.
@@tejaswoman As I'm sure you're aware, pot is totally legal now and there's nothing defamatory about the lore around Puff the Magic Dragon. And we smoked it just as innocently back then as we do now.
Charles Osgood doesn’t get any of this humor. I wish Christopher Guest picked up on this.
How to explain post-Spinal Tap Christopher Guest "Mock-U-Mentaries" to a CBS Sunday Morning Audience: We're a bunch of SNL/Second City, Harvard/National Lampoon idiots who appreciate the absurdity of...everything. Lotsa weed.
Too many people, basically. On stage.😂
These are the tunes America grew up on, humming all the way. When a man was a man and a woman was glad of it. We need a good old fashion war to protest, stop the killing stuff like that, make piece not war! (Lol)You remember when our hair was long and our ideals...short. A time of less sissy`s and cry babies, more macho men less macho woman? Eww.
This one was only slightly funny