A Mighty Wind
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Another of Christopher Guest's incredible parodies of a segment of American society. This time: the (aging) folk song movement...

And oh my GOD was it funny. The Squirrel Lady and I were in hysterics just about all the way through it. Now, I have to make a confession here: one of the reasons I originally moved in with Mr. Otter (way back in the dim mists of time) was because he had THREE Kingston Trio albums I didn't own...true, ask him yourself.

So of course I loved this. They really captured not only the reality of making a reunion concert with people who haven't played music together in twenty or thirty years, and wrote a whole bunch of incredibly believable fake folk songs for them to play, but also got photos and footage of 'how it used to be' that was right on the money.

This is a wonderful movie. If you ever loved the 50s folk revival and the groups who sang the music, or just love the music itself, go to your nearest theatre now before it disappears.