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October 08, 2007|Ann Powers | Times Staff Writer
…The program closed with “A Place to Be,” a collection of musical and screen homages introduced by Drake’s estate manager, Cally Callomon. Heath Ledger and pioneering avant-gardist Jonas Mekas were among the Drake interpreters, but the standout came from New York filmmaker Nicole DiDio.
“Home” juxtaposed Drake’s “Day Is Done,” in a swinging version by Norah Jones and guitarist Charlie Hunter, with images of a typical crowded Manhattan day. Only as the song unfolded did a cloud of smoke billowing behind the skyscrapers start to take over. Soon it became clear that this typical day was Sept. 11, 2001, and that smoke would soon overtake everything.
This subtle transformation, like a Nick Drake song, asserted that sorrow doesn’t always hit like a bomb: It lingers like a cloud of dust, or fading light.