The first trailer for Paul Thomas Anderson’s "Cameron Winter at Carnegie Hall" is here, and it arrives as Janus Films plans a theatrical roll-out beginning November 20, .
The reviews out of NYFF have been overwhelmingly positive. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds a 100% score based on 10 reviews. Over on Metacritic, it sits at an 86 Metascore, with all 10 counted reviews positive and none mixed or negative.
Rolling Stone's David Fear led the pack with a perfect 100, writing that the film makes you feel like you're inside the music. IndieWire went further, calling it "a concert film up there with “Stop Making Sense” but for introverts" — which is quite the compliment given how I consider that film to be the greatest concert doc ever made.
NYFF Artistic Director Dennis Lim had set expectations high ahead of the premiere, calling the film "quite simply, a concert movie for the ages".
The trailer offers a brief tease of the show, in which Winter headlined Carnegie Hall for one night only at the age of 23, with a setlist drawn primarily from his solo album "Heavy Metal". Winter was one of the youngest people ever to headline the venue, edged out slightly by Bob Dylan, who did it at 22 in 1963.
As for the release: the film will travel the country through a city-by-city 35mm theatrical tour, with prints produced by Fotokem in Los Angeles under the filmmakers' supervision. Screenings will be on film only, including stops at the Aero Theatre in Los Angeles, the Castro Theatre in San Francisco, and Chicago's Music Box Theatre. Mubi is handling the international release, and the film runs a lean 72 minutes.
The performance was also released as a live album, "Live at Carnegie Hall," on October 9, with Grammy-winning producer Ariel Rechtshaid. Benny Safdie is credited as a producer alongside Anderson, and also served as a camera operator.
As for PTA's actual next film — it's still anybody's guess. The one project that will keep circulating until it ever happens is that mysterious 1940s jazz scene movie tackling the "Little Harlem" Renaissance, with Denzel Washington once eyed to star.
The reviews out of NYFF have been overwhelmingly positive. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds a 100% score. Over on Metacritic, it sits at an 86 Metascore.