Each music fans can point to a specific moment when they discovered a new artist who changed their lives forever. For Amy Berg it was when she discovered Jeff Buckley. A transformative experience that listened to his 1994 studio album “Grace” caused the filmmaker to spend years dreaming about the chance to tell the story of Buckley’s fruitful career and tragic death in documentary form.
These dreams came into this year with “It’s Never Over, Jeff Buckley,“ A Star -packed documentary It honors Buckley’s lasting influence on music. When you participate in filmS Sundance Premiere, Berg and Ben Harper, a close friend of Buckley’s shown in the movie, stopped at IndieWire Studio presented by Dropbox to remind of their first impression of Buckley.
“When I heard” Grace “back in the 90s, I was completely taken by him,” Berg said. “And when he disappeared and died, I was destroyed. I didn’t know him, but I was just destroyed. So as a filmmaker, it has only been on my dock about something I have wanted to do since the beginning of my career. “
Berg spent years trying to convince Buckley’s family to participate in a documentary. She even opposed the proposal to make a narrative function about him, because she did not believe that any actor could live up to Buckley’s musical pedigree.
“I listened to the archive and I was like“ Who’s going to play Jeff? “, She said with a laugh.” I wanted to make it a documentary because the archive is so good. ”
Harper reminded to beat an immediate friendship with Buckley when they met early in their musical careers. The musician explained that he blew away by Buckley’s talent but felt an immediate personal connection to him.
“My immediate impression bordered indescribably, because he worked at a level that you as an artist almost could not understand how good he was. I was in reverence for him from the beginning, ”Harper said. “There was immediate recognition of where we were both creative, which was very exciting for both of us. We are tied immediately, and then within minutes after the meeting we just scored. What I remember most of Jeff is the laugh. ”
Both artists emphasized that their main hope for the documentary is to introduce new generations of potential fans to Buckley’s music, hoping that it will move others in the same way it moved them.
“I get excited when people haven’t heard Jeff Buckley’s music, because I remember the first time I discovered it,” Berg said. “And I just feel that there is an audience now that will experience it from the first place.”
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