The biopic “Greetings From Tim Buckley,†screening tonight in the Tribeca Film Festival and heading into theaters May 3, aims to commemorate the brief music careers and lives of the folk singer Tim Buckley and his son Jeff, who followed in his father’s musical footsteps. The film primarily takes place in 1991 and focuses on the organization of a tribute concert for Tim at which Jeff (Penn Badgley) will perform some of his father’s songs. It explores how Jeff perceived his father and how it affected his own emerging career. In this video, which looks at a musical performance by Jeff, the director Daniel Algrant discusses his process and how he came to cast Mr. Badgley, who performed songs live in the film.
