The series "Shakey Fest: The Films of Neil Young" begins Thursday with the local premiere of the director's cut of the eccentric rarity "Human Highway." "Human Highway," which is screening at the Vista Theatre in Los Feliz (with the rest of the series at the Cinefamily), premiered in 1982 and has been seen only sporadically since.
It was around midnight on a rainy Wednesday in September and Young had just unveiled the new cut of "Human Highway" during the Toronto International Film Festival. He was tucked into a corner of a Toronto diner across the street from Massey Hall, site of a seminal 1971 live recording, as he spoke about his filmmaking.