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DON'T MISS IT! JOHN MELLENCAMP: IT'S ABOUT YOU - A FILM BY KURT & IAN MARKUS --- NYC & LA SCREENINGS END MONDAY!
John Mellencamp: It's About You - A Film By Kurt and Ian Markus is currently running for a limited engagement at the IFC Center in New York City (through January 16th, 2012) and at the Music Hall in Los Angeles (also through January 16th 2012). Visit the theaters' websites for the show times each day during the run. Don't miss your chance to see this intimate look into John at work and on tour before these engagements end on Monday, January 16th!

Please note that this is the complete 80 minute version of the film. A shorter version was shown before concerts on John's No Better Than This Tour. Click to read the press release describing the film.

It's About You - Watch the Official Trailer

Here are two new excerpts from the documentary:
It's About You - Clip 3: Myths of Rock and Roll

It's About You - Clip 4: Recording Someday The Rains Will Fall

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FOR MELLENCAMP.COM NEWSLETTER SUBSCRIBERS ONLY: AUTOGRAPHED MOVIE POSTER GIVEAWAY
Ten lucky winners will receive an EXCLUSIVE John Mellencamp autographed film poster of John Mellencamp: It’s About You A Film By Kurt and Ian Markus

To be eligible to win one email [email protected] with the subject of Poster. In your email include your name, address and daytime phone number.

Via lottery, winners will be selected by end of the day on Monday, January 16th, 2012 with the winners being announced on Mellencamp.com Tuesday, January 17th.

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CHECK OUT THE PRESS FOR IT'S ABOUT YOU
It's About You has garnered extensive media coverage. Here are some excerpts from the reviews, many more are available on Mellencamp.com's News Section

Los Angeles Times - "The result is an unhurried, visually compelling look at a man and his music — as well as of a bygone America filled with shuttered downtowns and the ghosts of such late musicians as Elvis Presley and blues pioneer Robert Johnson. For Mellencamp fans, there are stirringly rendered performances of such hits as "Pink Houses," "Small Town" and, especially, "Crumblin' Down..."

The Wall Street Journal: Old Technologies Make 'It's About You' About More - "I realized that the real subject of this film, with its philosophical voice-overs by the filmmaker and its haunting shots of decayed American downtowns, is the passage of time and the toll it takes..." "It's About You" is an odd and touching little film..."

New York Times: On This Rock ’n’ Roll Tour of the Heartland, a Sobering Survey of Old America - "The “you” in the film’s title is Kurt Markus, and his sporadic commentary has the oracular tone of a prose poem..."

"Because Kurt Markus’s Super 8 camera is the cinematic equivalent of a single microphone, the film’s look matches the scratchy quality of its ancient (by rock ’n’ roll standards) sound. The crudeness brings out the elemental quality of music that digs deeply into the soil of working-class American life in songs that express the defiance, despair and nobility of people who refuse to go down without a fight..." "the songs on “No Better Than This” convey this wondrous sense of mystery..."