Seven years later, Demme and Young's third film together is a notably sadder affair. For for most of the 87 minutes of "Neil Young: Journeys," the musician is alone: onstage at Toronto's Massey Hall, with only his Les Paul for company, or milling about backstage, taking a swing of beer and sucking on a few orange wedges before returning for an encore. Demme intercuts the concert performances with footage of Young driving to the venue from his hometown of Omemee (the "town in North Ontario" mentioned in "Helpless") and although Demme's riding shotgun, he's a silent observer, hanging back and letting Young muse about distant memories.

Popping up everywhere in both the songs (most of them from 2010's noisily ragged "Le Noise") and the stories are the ghosts of friends and lovers — and even the four Kent State victims, pictured onscreen as Young runs through a particularly rageful version of "Ohio."

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