Good heavens, simon, what a huge amount of good news all in one sitting! I had to re-read your email 3 times to take it all in and feel positively giddy. This is so incredibly wonderful.
> as for the film itself, the story is being told by the participants, > primarily by Joni herself, using a variety of Interviews recorded > at various times during her career. there is no narrator. > the producers have interviewed a number of indiviauals including > Elliott Roberts, David Geffen, David Crosby, Graham Nash, Neil Young > as well as Joni's parents and JONI herself. > (I think) they also spoke with Mr. Kratzman and i seem to recall > being told that they'd even located Ray, an old high-school friend > of Joni's. This almost sounds like it is partially her official film autobiography - maybe as an adjunct to the written autobiography she has been working on the past several months. > it's surprising how late in the process (12-20-01) it was before > the producers hooked up with him. nonetheless, they'd done their > homework and research very well, obtaining a variety of films, > videos, photographs (especially Joels') articles and other > memoribilia. a variety of items photographed or filmed were from > my own collection, including the "Spirit Of The Forest Video", a > rare little item that even Joel hadn't seen. > and now for ... Many congratulations for your contributions, simon. As for Joel Bernstein, the word that has gone around for awhile is that he has been very busy working with Neil Young the past few years on several projects, and also with putting together the Buffalo Springfield boxset. It seems he is finally freed up now to work on the JONI projects ;-) > In addition to musicians such as Herbie Hancock and Wayne >Shorter, who contributed to her last orchestral outing >Both Sides Now, we can also expect to hear Ry Cooder, >Billy Preston and possibly Neil Young, according to the >EW article. Someone (sorry I don't recall who) posted about this the other day and it was very intriguing and fantastic to hear about the inclusion of Cooder, Preston and Young. > PS: there may? be a 4th. Yahoo!! Thanks so much for the update! Kakki
