▁the ▁motion ▁picture ▁industry . ▁ ▁Production ▁ ▁Bill ▁Mor r ison ▁had ▁initially ▁en vision ed ▁the ▁project ▁to ▁be ▁similar ▁to ▁his ▁ 1 2 - min ute ▁film ▁The ▁Film ▁of ▁Her ▁( 1 9 9 6 ), ▁but ▁came ▁to ▁en vision ▁a ▁bro ader ▁scope ▁as ▁time ▁went ▁on . ▁Kath y ▁Jones ▁and ▁Michael ▁G ates , ▁employees ▁of ▁the ▁Daw son ▁Museum ▁and ▁Park s ▁Canada ▁respectively , ▁were ▁two ▁of ▁the ▁early ▁authorities ▁on ▁the ▁Daw son ▁City ▁Film ▁Find . ▁Mor r ison ▁interview ed ▁both ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 4 . ▁Origin ally ▁he ▁did ▁not ▁intend ▁to ▁include ▁the ▁interview ▁in ▁the ▁final ▁film . ▁Mor r ison ▁was ▁able ▁to ▁rec ruit ▁Alex ▁Som ers ▁as ▁composer ▁after ▁learning ▁that ▁the ▁band ▁Sig ur ▁Ros ▁were ▁fans ▁of ▁his ▁previous ▁film ▁Dec asia . ▁ ▁Crit ical ▁response ▁Daw son ▁City : ▁Fro zen ▁Time ▁has ▁received ▁positive ▁reviews ▁from ▁critics . ▁Kenneth ▁Tur an ▁of ▁the ▁Los ▁Angeles ▁Times ▁wrote , ▁" If ▁you ▁love ▁film , ▁if ▁you ’ re ▁into xic ated ▁by ▁the ▁way ▁mov ies ▁combine ▁image ▁and ▁em otion , ▁be ▁prepared ▁to ▁swo on ." ▁Deb or ah ▁Eisen berg , ▁writing ▁in ▁the ▁New ▁York ▁Review ▁of ▁Books , ▁summar ized : ▁" The ▁film ’ s ▁ess ence ▁is ▁echo , ▁par ado x , ▁all usion — the ▁l ust ▁for ▁gold ▁that ▁drove ▁hundreds ▁of ▁thousands ▁toward ▁the ▁top