Life. Support. Music.
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Film Overview

Directed By: Eric Daniel Metzgar View Official Website	Release Date: 2008-09-22 Running Time: 1:19 Content Rating: PG (Parental Guidance)	DVD Region: All Regions Media Format: NTSC-DVD Aspect Ratio: 16:9
Genres: Documentary >> Health :: Health >> Physically Impaired :: Documentary >> Music Influences: The Chances of the World Changing

Synopsis

On August 4th, 2004, Jason Crigler, one of New York City’s most sought-after guitarists, suffered a brain hemorrhage during a concert in Manhattan. He was rushed to the hospital where doctors told Jason’s family—if he makes it through the night, there won’t be much left of him.

But Jason’s pregnant wife and the rest of his family refused to accept the dire prognosis. Convinced that beneath his unresponsive eyes Jason was “in there,” his family mounted an
intensive and intimate course of rehabilitation that would eventually force Jason’s doctors—who were sure that he would live out his days in a nursing home—to reconsider the factors and forces that inspire recovery.

"Life. Support. Music." chronicles Jason’s powerful and unusual story, explores the nature of hope, faith and healing, and proves that “family” may be the strongest material in the universe.

WINNER-- Audience Choice Award-- Boston Independent Film Festival [2008]
WINNER-- ENEL Cuore Award for Best Social Documentary-- Rome International Film Festival [2008]
WINNER-- Audience Choice Award-- Aspen Film Festival (Carbondale) [2008]
WINNER-- Best Documentary (Honorable Mention) Newport International Film Festival [2008]

OFFICIAL SELECTION--
Full Frame Documentary Film Festival (World Premiere)
Hot Docs International Documentary Film Festival
Newport International Film Festival
Silverdocs: AFI/Discovery Channel Documentary Festival
Rome International Film Festival
Dokufest International Documentary Festival- Opening Night Film
True/False Film Festival
Boston Independent Film Festival
Jackson Hole Film Festival
Maine International Film Festival
ASPENFILM Festival
Camden International Film Festival
Bioneers Moving Image Festival
Philadelphia International Film Festival
Denver STARZ Film Festival
Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival
Kansas International Film Festival
Ojai Film Festival
Bendfilm Festival

"Phenomenal" Boston Globe

"Extraordinarily moving" Phoenix

"Transcends one's perceptions of medicine, music and even miracles" indieWIRE

"A film that has caught the fancy of critics around the globe...an inspiration to thousands" Concord Monitor

"Fabulous...forces you to consider what makes you you" Mercury

"Metzgar has completed yet another transcendent, incredibly moving piece of cinema...finding inspiration in the unlikeliest of places, masterful storytelling, and gorgeous cinematography." Shooting People

Crew

Director: Eric Daniel Metzgar | bio
Eric Daniel Metzgar is a Brooklyn, New York-based filmmaker. He owns and operates Merigold Moving Pictures.

In 2006, he completed his first documentary feature-length film, "The Chances of the World Changing", which he directed, produced, shot and edited. For his direction of the film, Eric was nominated for a 2007 Independent Spirit Award. The film was broadcast as part of PBS’s POV series in 2007. It has screened in numerous festivals around the world and has won several awards.

Eric’s second documentary, "Life. Support. Music.", premiered at the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival and is currently traveling the film festival circuit. It won the Audience Choice Award at the Boston Independent Film Festival and received an Honorable Mention for Best Documentary from the Newport International Film Festival. Metzgar’s third film, "Reporter", following Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof through DR Congo, is nearing completion.

Metzgar’s short film, "Beholder", created for the 2008 International Documentary Challenge, won the “Best Original Vision Award,” as well as “Best Writing” and “Best Use of First Person Genre.”

Eric is also an award-winning cinematographer and has shot for several Oscar-nominated directors.
Composer: Eric Liebman | bio
Eric Liebman is a composer based in New York City. He has been writing and producing music for over twelve years. Liebman has composed music for all four of Metzgar's films, including "The Chances of the World Changing", "Life. Support. Music.", "Reporter", and "Beholder." Liebman contributed music to the recently-released documentaries "All of Us," directed by Emily Abt (Pureland Pictures), and "La Americana," the first feature-length documentary by Nicholas Bruckman (People's Television). Liebman contributed music to Robert Greene's "Owning the Weather" (4th Row Films), an epic documentary exploring the history and science of weather modification. Liebman is a founding member of the electronic rock group Audio Ovni. In 2005, Audio Ovni released the "Control Room Secondee" CD, which was recorded and co-written by Eric.

Accolades

Awards

Audience Choice Award

Festivals

Independent Film Festival of Boston

Press Reviews

Boston Globe | show/hide snippet
"Phenomenal"
Phoenix | show/hide snippet
"Extraordinarily moving"
indieWIRE | show/hide snippet
"Transcends one's perceptions of music, medicine and even miracles"
Concord Monitor | show/hide snippet
"A film that has caught the fancy of critics around the globe...an inspiration to thousands."

Customer Reviews

If this doesn't make you feel better about everything 'wrong' in your life, you didn't watch the film.