YouTube: Pat Martino Documentary Michael Sembello Interview
invisaman75
invisaman75
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJ-kBgbAwhE
Cool interview! Has any one seen the whole documentary?
Tim McNamara
<a05782ec-7a20-4407...@p22g2000pre.googlegroups.com>,
invisaman75 <invis...@gmail.com> wrote:
The documentary referred to is "Martino Unstrung" but this clip is not
included in the documentary, if I recall correctly. I bought the DVD a
while back; it is an astonishing documentary- even though from a
filmmaking perspective it seems rather amateurish, the subject is very
compelling.
A couple of things are managed in the course of the documentary. One of
them is to clarify the myth of Pat Martino having forgotten everything.
He didn't although he had to reconnect to most of his personal memories
over a period of time. He tells an interesting story about meeting Joe
Pesci, with whom he had been friends for years, and not remembering him
until Pesci said something that triggered Pat's memories of their
friendship and hanging out together.
The other is the amazingness of his survival from his ateriovascular
malformation and emergency neurosurgery. After his surgery Pat does
have permanent specific cognitive deficits, although these do not seem
to interfere with his professional life and don't seem to particularly
bother him. The MRIs of his brain are, for someone accustomed to such
things, incredible. There is a large space where a lot of brain should
be. He should be profoundly impaired, possibly unable to communicate
effectively, etc. But he is not, quite obviously. The explanation
seems to be that his AVM was present pre-natally, taking up space that
would have been brain, and that those functions normally located in that
area are located somewhere else. His neurosurgeon (who is also
interviewed, oddly in a show room full of vintage race cars) did
brilliant work that day.
And finally, one of the other revelations of Pat is his personality,
which is much warmer than can be evident from some of the interviews,
clips of master classes and his writing on the interwebs. He has a
sense of humor- sometimes quite prankish- and laughs a lot. He was also
courageously open in talking about these issues, letting some of the
cognitive testing be filmed, etc.
Here is the official trailer from the documentary:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Im-l2kUTs-U
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On Jun 27, 9:37 pm, invisaman75 <invisama...@gmail.com> wrote:
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJ-kBgbAwhE
>Cool interview! Has any one seen the whole documentary?
Thanks for the link. The "Unstrung" dvd has been around for a while now. If
you liked the interview you would probably find the dvd worthwhile too.
......joe
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invisaman75
> "invisaman75" <invisama...@gmail.com> wrote in message
Man $30 plus shipping for the DVD. That is a bit pricey or am I being
the cheapskate that I really am!
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> On Jun 28, 8:36 am, "Joe Finn" <J...@JoeFinn.net> wrote:
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> > "invisaman75" <invisama...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> >news:a05782ec-7a20-4407...@p22g2000pre.googlegroups.com...
> > On Jun 27, 9:37 pm, invisaman75 <invisama...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJ-kBgbAwhE
> > >Cool interview! Has any one seen the whole documentary?
>
> > Thanks for the link. The "Unstrung" dvd has been around for a while now. If
> > you liked the interview you would probably find the dvd worthwhile too.
> > ......joe
>
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> > Visit me on the web www.JoeFinn.net
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> Man $30 plus shipping for the DVD. That is a bit pricey or am I being
> the cheapskate that I really am!
Documentary films often sell for $200-300.
I usually try netflix or ask the library to ILL for me.
Joe Finn
I could let you borrow my copy.
What Pat went through is just astonishing. He was suffering from a range of
symptoms for years and his care givers all got it wrong. At one point they
thought he was mentally ill for god's sake. He had headaches, seizures, mood
problems, dizzy spells, confusion, you name it. Pat is fortunate indeed that
someone finally realized that he had an arterial venous malformation. This
condition requires brain surgery and Pat survived the procedure. He overcame
the subsequent amnesia. The story of his recovery is nothing less than the
triumph of the will to survive and flourish. The fact that this occurred in
the context of his life as one of the great guitarists in the history of
jazz is an inspiration indeed.
Long live Pat Martino. ........................joe
Tim McNamara
"Joe Finn" <J...@JoeFinn.net> wrote:
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> ... On Jun 28, 8:36 am, "Joe Finn" <J...@JoeFinn.net> wrote:
> > "invisaman75" <invisama...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> > news:a05782ec-7a20-4407...@p22g2000pre.googlegroups.c
> > om... On Jun 27, 9:37 pm, invisaman75 <invisama...@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJ-kBgbAwhE Cool interview! Has any
> > >one seen the whole documentary?
> >
> > Thanks for the link. The "Unstrung" dvd has been around for a while
> > now. If you liked the interview you would probably find the dvd
> > worthwhile too. ......joe
> >
> > -- Visit me on the web www.JoeFinn.net Or say hello via
> > Facebook:http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/?ref=home
>
> >>>>Man $30 plus shipping for the DVD. That is a bit pricey or am I
> >>>>being the cheapskate that I really am!
>
>
> I could let you borrow my copy.
>
> What Pat went through is just astonishing. He was suffering from a
> range of symptoms for years and his care givers all got it wrong. At
> one point they thought he was mentally ill for god's sake.
In their defense the descriptions of his situation from Pat, his friends
and his first wife sounded like a mental illness- most likely to be
interpreted as bipolar disorder or schizophrenia. From his comments it
also sounds as though he was drinking heavily and using a lot of drugs
(e.g., LSD) which probably didn't help his presentation.
> He had headaches, seizures, mood problems, dizzy spells, confusion,
> you name it.
Those are the things that should have been the clue, not the more
dramatic pseudo-psychiatric symptoms. Schizophrenia and bipolar
disorder don't cause headaches, seizures or dizzy spells.
Quite obviously a CT scan should have come earlier rather than later.
By the time one was done, Pat was at death's door. Nowadays a CT or MRI
would be done as a matter of course in the initial diagnostic procedure.
> Pat is fortunate indeed that someone finally realized that he had an
> arterial venous malformation. This condition requires brain surgery
> and Pat survived the procedure. He overcame the subsequent amnesia.
> The story of his recovery is nothing less than the triumph of the
> will to survive and flourish. The fact that this occurred in the
> context of his life as one of the great guitarists in the history of
> jazz is an inspiration indeed.
Astonishing indeed. The documentary is well worth seeing. It should be
broadcast on public TV as a Nova episode or something.