Susanna Clark

For Tamara Saviano, a gifted author and filmmaker, Without Getting Killed or Caught has been a labor of love. It is a documentary about the life and music of native Texan Guy Clark. But on so many levels, it is much more. Born in the West Texas outpost of Monahans...

“I’ve got a woman I love, she’s crazy and paints like God. She’s got a playground sense of justice, she don’t take odds. I got a tattoo with her name right through my soul. And I think everything she touches turns to gold.”. Guy Clark, “Stuff That Works”. Susanna Talley...

“I wish I was in Austin, at the Chili Parlor Bar/ Drinkin’ mad dog margaritas and not carin’ where you are.”. That’s the opening line of “Dublin Blues,” a song written by the late, great native Texan songwriter Guy Clark. It’s also exactly where Tamara Saviano was, during South by Southwest in 2008, when she began an epic journey of documenting Clark’s life.

The documentary movie, Without Getting Killed or Caught, is as much about Susanna Clark as it is about her husband Guy. Which makes sense, because you can’t tell the story of one without the other. This may mystify those who know only of Guy, the tall, square-jawed Texan who wrote...