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Jul 13, 2005 · A thought-provoking road trip through the American South, this film is a collage of stories and testimonies, almost invariably of sudden death, sin or redemption: Heaven or Hell, with no middle ground. (Films Transit International)
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- Harry Crews
- Andrew Douglas
Aug 4, 2005 · Searching For the Wrong-Eyed Jesus draws its name from the title of Jim White's debut 1997 album The Mysterious Tale of How I Shouted Wrong-Eyed Jesus. On it, White sifts through piles of discarded human detritus, emotional baggage, junked-out cars and religious imagery, and spins this carnage of day-to-day existence into his own kind of golden straw.
Jul 1, 2005 · Review: Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus. The film is an atmospheric investigation into the surreal, artistically inspirational mixture of religiosity and criminality that hangs like a pall over the rural communities of the country’s lower half. by Nick Schager. July 1, 2005. Spawned from a desire to capture the ambiance of the American ...
Aug 5, 2019 · Brit television commercial director Andrew Douglas received a Christmas gift of a 1997 album by Jim White (his debut album), known as an alt country singer, entitled “The Mysterious Tale of How I Shouted Wrong-Eyed Jesus,” and decided to make his feature debut a documentary exploring the Deep South with Jim signed on as tour guide.
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English. Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus is a 2003 documentary film about the American South starring Jim White. Commissioned by the BBC, [2] it documents the intersection of country music and Christianity in the United States. It was inspired by White's similarly titled album The Mysterious Tale of How I Shouted Wrong-Eyed Jesus. [3][4]
With the Jim White album THE MYSTERIOUS TALE OF HOW I SHOUTED WRONG-EYED JESUS the filmmaker Andrew Douglas begins an associative road movie through the Deep South of the USA. White is his travel guide as he searches for the saints and demons of a region in which the lord is always close at hand but the devil is lurking around the corner.
