Folklore: The Long Pond Studio Sessions 2020
Directed by Taylor Swift
- Music, Documentary
- 106 min
- PG-13
Our coming of age has come and gone.
An intimate concert film, in which Taylor Swift performs each song from her album 'folklore' in order, as she reveals the meaning and the stories behind all 17 tracks for the very first time.
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Contemporary, intimate, grave and earnest.
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- intimateepic
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- character-ledplot-driven
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- sirjacob16on TMDB · Nov 202010/10
_Folklore_, the 8th Taylor Swift's album, surprise-released on July 23rd, is a already a critically-acclaimed record and the **longest-running number 1 album** **of the year** (8 weeks). Besides that, her work was most notably praised by her six **2021 GRAMMY** nominations, which proves artists longevity and high relatability during the time of the global pandemic. With this release, Swift took her _songwriting_ and _singing_ skills to the **next level**, by recording a full-length film, which consists of a live performance of **all 17 tracks**, a short talk about the writing process and overall album recording and most importantly, a discussion about every song on the album between Taylor Swift and one of the writers. The live performances truly show the _beautifulness_ of Swift's voice accompanied by a few instruments. The production also reveals the _enigmatic_ process of recording an album **during the pandemic**. What's most fascinating and _absorbing_, is the explanation made by Taylor and either Jack or Aaron (or even all of them), track by track, right before each performance. They show the viewer **the other side** of those _rich_ and _meaningful_ lyrics and also encourage
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Cast
- Taylor SwiftSelf
- Jack AntonoffSelf
- Aaron DessnerSelf
- Justin VernonSelf
Crew
- Taylor SwiftDirector
- Ethan PalmerDirector of Photography
- Laura RandolphEditor
- Robert AllenProducer
- Bart PetersProducer
- Taylor SwiftProducer
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