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Matt Wolf’s lovingly orchestrated “Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell” memorializes the life of a little-known Iowa-born musician who was transformed in the Manhattan of the 1970s and 1980s. Far from hagiography, Wolf captures the oddity of a musical genius who fit right into the big city: “He had to be the funkiest white boy I’ve ever met,” one figure says approvingly; admiring admirer Alan Ginsburg burbled he made “Buddhist bubblegum.” Everyone agreed: a fascinating man made lasting, strange music that still holds power. 70m. (Ray Pride)
