Nelson Cavaquinho vs Without Getting Killed or Caught
Nelson Cavaquinho is the shorter watch at 15m compared with 1h 35m. Nelson Cavaquinho is the older of the two (1969 against 2021). Both are documentary, music movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Nelson Cavaquinho
Without Getting Killed or Caught| Nelson Cavaquinho | Without Getting Killed or Caught | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.8/10 | ★ 0.0/10 |
| Year | 1969 | 2021 |
| Length | 15m | 1h 35m |
| Genres | Documentary, Music | Documentary, Music |
| Country | Brazil | – |
| Director | Leon Hirszman | Paul Whitfield, Tamara Saviano |
| Main cast | Nelson Cavaquinho | Sissy Spacek, Rodney Crowell, Jo Harvey Allen, Steve Earle, Guy Clark |
Synopsis
Nelson Cavaquinho
A short film of lovely poetic, observational elements and interviews with the famed samba singer/songwriter Nelson Antônio da Silva, whose adopted last name ‘Cavaquinho’ refers to the small guitar-like instrument that he played and used to compose his songs.
Without Getting Killed or Caught
Follow Guy Clark, Susanna Clark, and Townes Van Zandt as they rise from obscurity to reverence: Guy, the Pancho to Van Zandt’s Lefty, struggling to establish himself as the Dylan Thomas of American music, while Susanna pens hit songs and paints album covers for top artists, and Townes spirals in self-destruction after writing some of Americana music’s most enduring and influential ballads.
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