Neil Young on tech giants ('jerks'), audio quality ('bad') and his new movie with Daryl Hannah

AUSTIN, Texas - "The man in the black hat, steer clear of him," says one of the crusty characters in a new movie, "Paradox," directed and scripted by actress Daryl Hannah.

He's talking about Neil Young, who happens to be Hannah's life partner and also the movie's ostensible "star."

"The characters we play, they're our alter egos in a way," says one of the actors, Lukas Nelson, son of Willie Nelson and a guitarist in Young's band, Promise of the Real. "Neil has always been that intimidating cowboy, with a sweet side. We all know that guy."

Hannah, Nelson and a couple of his bandmates, Anthony LoGerfo and Tato Melgar, share a laugh. They're gathered in a hotel suite overlooking the Colorado River, discussing what is essentially a modest art movie about a motley gang of outlaws hiding out in the Rocky Mountains, scavenging for a living in a setting