Amarillo by Morning (film)

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Amarillo by Morning
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Directed by Spike Jonze
Produced byJeff Armstrong
Andy Gulliman
David Smith
Starring Spike Jonze
Clint Barr
Charisse Fruge
Joey Stern
Bryan James 'B.J.' Bowden
Mati Schayer
John Wesley McJunkin
John Wheeler
Edited by Eric Zumbrunnen
Distributed by Palm Pictures
Release date
  • 1998 (1998)
Running time
29 minutes
LanguageEnglish

Amarillo by Morning is a documentary short by Spike Jonze.[ further explanation needed ]

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Synopsis

While filming pro bullriders for a commercial at the national rodeo in the Houston Astrodome in Houston, Texas, Spike befriended two suburban teenagers who aspired to be cowboys. The documentary chronicles an afternoon in their lives. [1]

Release

Amarillo by Morning was initially screened in 1997, his first released documentary and second film. [1] The short was re-released in 2003 by Palm Pictures as part of a collection of Jonze's "music videos, short films, documentaries, and rarities", accompanied by interviews and commentaries on the director's works. [2] [3]

In 2009 Amarillo by Morning was screened at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City as part of a retrospective on Jonze's work. [4]

Reception

Critical reception for the short after its initial release has been positive. [5] In the book ReFocus: The Films of Spike Jonze Laurel Westrup noted that the short "diverges substantially from the irreverent charm of his narrative ads and music videos. However, it reveals some key thematic features and an emphasis on creative collaboration that carry into the Suburbs films." [6] The Village Voice has also praised the work, calling it "a perfect, unpretentious short doc tagging a crew of suburbanite Houston teens who get together to ride a homemade mechanical bull and dream of future rodeo glory. " [7]

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References

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