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    Martino Unstrung

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    Poster of the movie Martino Unstrung
    2008     Musical documentary    
    United Kingdom/USA
    1h 25min

    In 1980 Pat Martino moved his belongings from California to Philadelphia to live with two complete strangers: his parents. As a young jazz guitar virtuoso he had achieved near legendary status during the 60s and 70s, before being diagnosed with a life-threatening brain condition. Surgery had saved his life but wiped his memory. Back in his childhood home, surrounded by the relics of his former life, his father played him his old recordings at full volume and friends rallied to try to coax him back to being the great artist he had been. He could not dispute the evidence; the face in the mirror was the same as the one on the record sleeves but it meant nothing to him. Amnesia had ripped selfhood from his brain and rendered his life meaningless. He was nobody.

    Directed byIan Knox
    Written byIan Knox, Paul Broks

    Featuring

    Delmar Brown
    Red Holloway
    Joe Pesci
    + MORE

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