Episode 21: Eva Aridjis Fuentes (Goodbye Horses: The Many Lives of Q Lazzarus)
About this episode
Elinor Lewy interviews Eva Aridjis Fuentes about her documentary on Q Lazzarus and the challenges faced by the artist in the music industry.
In May, I went to a screening of a documentary called GOODBYE HORSES: THE MANY LIVES OF Q LAZZARUS about the singer of the cult song "Goodbye Horses" which is most prominently featured in Jonathan Demme's film THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS. The film is a portrait of the musician behind the song, Diane Luckey, her tumultuous life, and the frustrating reality of a music industry that didn't know what to do with an unconventional Black singer. This conversation is with the director of that film, Eva Aridjis Fuentes, and we spoke about how the film came to be, the obstacle-filled filming process, and the documentary as Diane Luckey's legacy. Show Notes: Eva Eridjis Fuentes’ website Q Lazzarus website Eva’s instagram Q Lazzarus LP Goodbye Horses: The Many Lives of Q Lazzarus (Music from the Motion Picture) Something Wild (1986) Married to the Mob (1988) The Silence of the Lambs (1991) Philadelphia (1993) Q Lazzarus Eva's film Children of the Street (2004) Eva’s film La santa muerte (2007) Eva’s film Chuy, El Hombre lobo (2014) Searching for Sugar Man (2012) Grey Gardens (1975) Man on Wire (2008) The Beatles: Get Back (2021) My Octopus Teacher (2020) Koko: A Talking Gorilla (1978)…
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