CRITICS’ PICK! “If you care about the great days of Hollywood past — and how could you not — it’s hard to resist Something’s Gonna Live!”
-Kenneth Turan, THE LOS ANGELES TIMES
“DELIGHTFULLY RAMBLING AND UNEXPECTEDLY MOVING…Daniel Raim’s fly-on-the-wall portrait of legendary production designer Robert Boyle and his illustrious friends stands as a bittersweet love letter to some of old Hollywood’s least-heralded artisans.”
-Andrew Barker, VARIETY
“SPLENDID, DEEPLY MOVING! The committed artists of Something’s Gonna Live, while grateful for their remarkable careers, are not sentimentalists. What a challenge their body of work presents to current and future filmmakers!”
-Kevin Thomas, THE LOS ANGELES TIMES
“Something’s Gonna Live — a reference to artistic legacy — is a sensitive and important documentary, taking its time to observe and listen to its subjects, and uncover the creative values that underly their work. It’s a film the industry should cherish.”
-Doug Cummings, FILM JOURNEY
“AN ESSENTIAL CLEAR-EYED VIEW OF HOLLYWOOD — as a city, an industry, an idea — as a construct never not in the midst of evolution!”
-Karina Longworth, INDIEWIRE
”Director Daniel Raim asks important, provocative questions while wisely staying out of the film to keep the focus on [the artists] and their thoughts, feelings and some of their memories of the iconic renaissance period. In turn, Raim brings out their warmth, panache, wisdom and, occasionally, their sense of humor so that by the time the film’s over, you’re able to fully grasp them as humble, down-to-earth and sensitive human beings who ought to be remembered and appreciated by future generations for their persistence, brilliance, diligence and sense of camaraderie. At a running time of 1 hour and 20 minutes,Something’s Gonna Live is engaging, honest and filled with warmth, insight and charisma.”
-Avi Offer, THE NYC MOVIE GURU
“WARMLY NOSTALGIC!” Taking 10 years to complete the project, Raim has made a film that’s, literally and figuratively, haunted by ghosts — several of his interviewees died over the course of filming, adding more poignancy to their on-camera comments about the way cinema both does and doesn’t grant its practitioners a sort of immortality. Because of the subject matter and the frailty of the participants, it’s impossible for Something’s Gonna Live not to be touched by sentimentality, but Raim is judicious in not overselling the emotions. Cineastes will enjoy hearing behind-the-scenes production stories of The Birdsand In Cold Blood, but what’s most striking is how the documentary corrects the misconception that so-called “below the line” talent is only concerned with a movie’s visual aesthetics. Instead, the craftsmen assembled expound on the essential importance of serving the story — a lesson one hopes doesn’t get lost in our increasingly technologically-dependent film industry.”
-Tim Grierson, LA WEEKLY
“SOMETHING’S GONNA LIVE IS PURE, RAW MEMORY CAPTURED ON FILM! Director Daniel Raim has a wonderful eye for catching the small moments during his interviews. Thanks to Raim’s own artistic vision, the documentary never becomes a dry, talking heads clip show — instead beautifully showcasing the artists as they discuss their love for their craft and their longing for the golden years.”
-Robert Saucedo, INSIDE PULSE
“Daniel Raim’s Something’s Gonna Live is absolutely infused with profound admiration and respect for the people who can make real or imagined worlds come alive.”
- Kirk Honeycutt, THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER