Regrets, 'Coyote'?
I love this film beyond a rational point. I just watched it again, and I don't know how many times this makes -- upwards of twelve. Gorgeous cinema. One of the best films ever made about musical performing artists.
One thing, though: I believe Joni Mitchell could have had a stronger set than she did ("Coyote," "Furry Sings The Blues" and "Shadows and Light," only the first in the film). She's very hard-nosed, and it's characteristic that she would want to perform the music she was creating at the time of the concert, rather than crowd-pleasing chestnuts. The albums from which those three songs come, especially Hejira, are very rewarding when listened to at home in a concentrated dose. But...I don't know if those songs were ideal for the occasion here, the way "Caravan," "Further On Down The Road," "Forever Young," and other guest contributions were. They are wintry and wordy and inward, despite the crack job The Band does of fleshing them out in the new arrangements.
I wish she had performed "Raised On Robbery" (which has a Robertson connection, of course; he played on the Court and Spark track), for example. Helm's book says that the momentum seemed to go out of the show halfway through Joni's set, and as much as I love her, I see why. I'm glad to have her performance in the film, even if I don't agree with her choices.