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Pure Comedy
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Pure Comedy

Jan 24, 2017
0h 25m
★ 6.0

Overview

Pure Comedy is a black and white document of the live tracking of Pure Comedy, as well as a surreal look into Tillman's writing process. A six person crew, complete with cranes in the tracking rooms, captured every moment of the recording, giving the viewer intimate audience to actual album takes, including the one and only 2:00am performance of the 13-minute "Leaving LA."

Genres

Documentary

Cast

Father John Misty

Himself

Father John Misty

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