Big Time
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Director: Chris Blum
1988 / 87min / 35mm
Given neither a proper theatrical release or a home video rollout, Blum’s rarer-than-rare concert film catches Waits—who co-scripted the film with longtime collaborator Kathleen Brennan—at the height of his powers, weaving together vaudeville and burlesque-inspired shows, shot in Los Angeles and San Francisco, that document the prolific period that produced the albums Swordfishtrombones, Rain Dogs and Franks Wild Years. “Musical, visual, and verbal puns abound… Orchestrated by what is evidently… a fantastically energetic imagination. A concert film unlike any other.” —Time Out
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