Gordon Lightfoot: If You Could Read My Mind

2019

Action / Biography / Documentary / Music

4
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 89% · 28 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 87%
IMDb Rating 7.8/10 10 802 802

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Plot summary

From the song he refuses to perform to his admiration for Drake, a songwriting legend reflects on his lyrics and longevity with candour and humour. At 80 years young (and currently recording another album), Gordon Lightfoot continues to entertain and enlighten. Personal archive materials and studio sessions paint an intimate picture of an artist in his element, candidly revisiting his idealistic years in Yorkville's coffeehouses, up through stadium tours and the hedonistic '70s.

Director

Martha Kehoe Photo
Martha Kehoe

Top cast

Sarah McLachlan Photo
Sarah McLachlan as Self
Alec Baldwin Photo
Alec Baldwin as Self
Bruce Dern Photo
Bruce Dern as Self
Joni Mitchell Photo
Joni Mitchell as Self
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827.73 MB
1280*714
English 2.0
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24 fps
1 hr 30 min
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1.5 GB
1920*1072
English 2.0
Not Rated
us  
24 fps
1 hr 30 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by paul d 8 / 10

Full disclosure: I am a lifelong fan of

Full disclosure: I am a lifelong fan of Gordon Lightfoot, I truly love the man's music and poetry. I am enough of a fan that I have been well aware of Lightfoot's weaknesses and troubles as well as of his successes, long before this film. That said, this documentary does a very nice job of exploring his life and his music. It's led by Lighthfoot's own blunt honesty about his demons and his relationships, nurtured by his gratitude at still being alive at an advanced age when his hard living, and a terrible abdominal aneurism in 2002, both could have, should have, killed him. The only mystery to me is why the film doesn't address the change in Gord's voice. That took place several decades ago and seems to me to have been much more than normal aging. I would love to know how and why he lost that beautiful baritone, and if he ever considered, like many professional singers quietly do, vocal cord surgery.
Reviewed by Russell P. 10 / 10

Such a talented man could look back with

Such a talented man could look back with a sense of sweet sadness and thankfulness. Very poignant. To reflect on the unintended pain caused to others and to have felt the emotions of some regret work its way into his beautiful music is worth ever minute of watching this story.
Reviewed by luke l 10 / 10

An amazing talented man who lived an extraordinary

An amazing talented man who lived an extraordinary life. A great introduction to his catalogue of songs from over 40 years of creative output. Beautifully done.
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