Who’s going to tell the makers of
TINA that as its legendary subject recounts a harrowing experience of fleeing her abusive ex-husband by running across a Dallas freeway, the film’s accompanying stock footage shows Downtown Houston – not our little sister town? Or at least that, unlike plenty of Ike Turner’s songs in sound, not all Texas city skylines look the same?
However late it is for Turner’s camp to distinguish Dallas from Houston, HBO’s recent documentary on the 2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame nominee is rich in stock footage of country churches, tape recorders, bedrooms, dining room tables, dilapidated country homes, pastures, wallpapered hallways, even landline telephones. If you’ve ever wondered how inanimate objects and uninhabited spaces pair with dated Tina Turner interviews, you’re in for a treat.