I was wondering which movie to watch this Sunday evening and happened upon Peter Bogdanovich's The Thing Called Love. I thought it would be a good counterpoint for Crazy Heart, and indeed it was. It's about four young people who've come to Nashville and hope to make it in the music business. They are ably portrayed by Samantha Mathis, River Phoenix (almost the last film he did), Dermot Mulroney and Sandra Bullock (on her way to fame) - all of whom sing their own songs and participated in the songwriting. The ending is open to multiple interpretations. This film was a nice little surprise.
Oh, and there's an actual musical connection to Crazy Heart, too: T-Bone Burnett, a friend of River Phoenix, worked on some of the music even though he's not credited on IMDb. He seems to be quite the seal of quality; see also Walk the Line, O Brother, Where Art Thou? and others.
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