Jonathan Demme Back at Work With Neil Young

MUSIC NEWS- Academy Award-winning filmmaker Jonathan Demme was back at work filminge the final two shows of Neil Young’s Le Noise concert tour, which took place at Toronto’s Massey Hall. The footage will become part of a film chronicling Young’s 2011 tour in support of his Grammy-and Juno Award winning album Le Noise. The film is planned for release later this year and is the third and final film in a series of Neil Young concert movies shot and directed by Demme. The previous two films are Heart of Gold, released in 2006, and received critical praise followed by the equally applauded Trunk Show, which screened internationally in 2009. Demme’s film credits include the Oscar-winning dramas Philadelphia, Silence of the Lambs, and Rachel Getting Married.

Neil Young:Heart of Gold was filmed over two nights in August 2005 at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium and documents songs from his  Praire Wind album. Neil Young Trunk Show featured scenes from two shows that Young performed at the historic Tower Theater in Upper Darby, PA, on his 2007 Chrome Dreams II theater tour.