I've been wanting to see this documentary for a long time. Since it premiered at the 2015 Tribeca Film Festival it has been doing the festival circuit but has yet to play in Chicago where I currently live (at least that I know of) and still no DVD release news.
One of the co-directors is the late Albert Maysles, who directed Grey Gardens and Gimme Shelter, among other masterpieces. This is his last film.
It is called "In Transit" and it follows some people as they travel across the country on the Empire Builder.
Anyone here had a chance to see it yet? I'm curious if it is as good as it looks.
The Empire Builder has a special place in my heart due to all the times I took it in the 90s and early 00s while I was living in Seattle. The trailer for the movie really takes me back to the kind of conversations had and people met when I was taking it on a regular basis:
http://www.intransitfilm.com/trailer/
IN TRANSIT journeys into the hearts and minds of everyday passengers aboard Amtrak's Empire Builder, the busiest long-distance train route in America. Captured in the tradition of Direct Cinema, the film unfolds as a series of interconnected vignettes, ranging from overheard conversations to moments of deep intimacy, in which passengers share their fears, hopes and dreams. In the space between stations, where 'real life' is suspended, we are swept into a fleeting community that transcends normal barriers, and where a peculiar atmosphere of contemplation and community develops. To some passengers, the train is flight and salvation, to others it is reckoning and loss. But for all, it is a place for personal reflection and connecting with others they may otherwise never know.
One of the co-directors is the late Albert Maysles, who directed Grey Gardens and Gimme Shelter, among other masterpieces. This is his last film.
It is called "In Transit" and it follows some people as they travel across the country on the Empire Builder.
Anyone here had a chance to see it yet? I'm curious if it is as good as it looks.
The Empire Builder has a special place in my heart due to all the times I took it in the 90s and early 00s while I was living in Seattle. The trailer for the movie really takes me back to the kind of conversations had and people met when I was taking it on a regular basis:
http://www.intransitfilm.com/trailer/
IN TRANSIT journeys into the hearts and minds of everyday passengers aboard Amtrak's Empire Builder, the busiest long-distance train route in America. Captured in the tradition of Direct Cinema, the film unfolds as a series of interconnected vignettes, ranging from overheard conversations to moments of deep intimacy, in which passengers share their fears, hopes and dreams. In the space between stations, where 'real life' is suspended, we are swept into a fleeting community that transcends normal barriers, and where a peculiar atmosphere of contemplation and community develops. To some passengers, the train is flight and salvation, to others it is reckoning and loss. But for all, it is a place for personal reflection and connecting with others they may otherwise never know.
