just saw talking heads 'stop making sense' last week and was blown away by it. on a big screen at a film festival no less...
also have to mention ondi timoner's 'dig!': if anyone on this site hasn't seen this film yet, see it as soon as humanly possible.
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ah Dig...
my mate keeps going on about that.
I saw a film on Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds like two years ago, It was amazing.
what's it called
i'd like to see that.
The Road To God Knows Where?
That is good
1991 the year punk broke
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991:_The_Year_Punk_Broke
should get a mention, nice to see Kurt Cobain having a bit of fun
if only
they'd release it on dvd!
there's a planned release...
of The Year Punk broke on DVD on Sonic Youth's label, or is it Plexifilm - either way, deffo remember talk of it...
The Flaming Lips documentary
(Fabulous Freaks?) is excellent- the bit where Drozd shoots up is just jaw dropping.
But the answer is This is Spinal Tap.
Spinal Tap is SO SO great
as is Stop Making Sense, but in a different way. I'm also throwing 24 Hour Party People into the mix, thats one of my faves.
fearless freaks.
yeah that scene was incredible
yup
that scene is terrifying. i struggle to watch it at times. just seeing wayne coyne wandering around, making crowns for kids out of branches and stuff, amazing.
here are some good ones.
year punk broke
kill yr idols
heima
dig!
that salad lightning bolt one
walk the line
spinal tap
and screaming masterpiece
great documentary on the icelandic music scene. a must watch.
amazing
i can remember watching that at the cornerhouse, i was a wreck watching the bjork performance in new york. i love that way that film takes the big names like bjork and sigur ros, but only shows what it needs to of them. people like ghostdigital and mugison get a good rep in it, which i likes a lot.
24 Hour Party People
is possibly my favourite film ever. Other than that I like some more "rel" documentaries such as The Filth & The Fury, Westway To the World, Don Lett's Punk:Attitude, Rudeboy.... I even kind of enjoyed The Swindle but only because I'd seen other films/read books so I knew what to expect from it. If you see it in relation to other things it's just as interesting as the other "objective" ones.
Anyone seen a film called Jubilee? I bought it on DVD thinking it was another semi-documentary on the London punk scene, but it turned out to be the weirdest film I've ever seen. And the only punk celeb in it is Soo Catwoman.
i found 24 hour party people
a bit disappointing, and that's coming from a joy division/new order fanatic. it definitely had its moments though
That's probably why you found it dissapointing maybe?
I haven't actualy seen it yet...
maybe so!
a little too much focus on tony wilson i thought. not that he's not a legend in his own right. it's worth a look, its definitely better than control
Wouldn't be hard
Control was the equivelant of a pretty picture postcard with a bulletpoint biography on the back.
i wasn't a massive fan when i first watched it.
i've become a fan since (of JD, not new order or any other band portrayed in the film) but i just enjoy watching it because it's a really good film in itself, besides being educational and funny and all that. and it's so quotable it's ridiculous.
*wasn't a massive fan of Joy Division
there was
always going to be a huge focus on tony wilson though. even though at the start he declares it not a film about him, the fact it is being seen through his eyes means that it has to be about him. i think it gives you a great overview of what was going on, and continues to go on in manchester. i've still not managed to go back and watch it since tony died, think it'd cut me up too much still. the guy may have been a tosser, but he changed the face of the city i love, and seem a really nice bloke the one time i bumped into him.
Maybe not 'ever' but deserves a mention:
Headwig and the Angry Inch
Plus it's a music film rather than a documentary / gig film.
we jam econo
duh
Here's a few
The Last Waltz (The Band)
Take it or Leave it (Madness)
Dig (BJM an the Dandys)
Don't Look Back (Dylan)
We Jam Econo (Minutemen)
No Direction Home (Dylan)
Stop Making Sense (Talking Heads)
Urge anyone to see the Madness film. It's so funny
WE JAM ECONO
is playing at the Rio Cinema in Dalston tomorrow (friday) night : )
Saw 'Lomax - the songhunter' last week
Excellent musomentary about Alan Lomax. Mainly concentrates on his European trips but worth watching for anyone interested in folk and blues (or if you're interested in big tape machines and portable acetate-pressing recording devices)
Tap / Dig / Last Waltz /
That Metallica one is embarrasing.
Scorcese blues films are hit n miss - but Godfathers and Sons is well worth a watch.
Control was dull.
I second No Direction Home
Really Really good.
Fucked me disc two up though by not looking after it so I need to buy it again before I go to uni.
Also when I bought Dont look back it came with a little flickbook of the subterranean Homesick Blues 'video' that unfortunately I have misplaced.
Both top quality films about Bob Dylan.
i vote
for The Rutles. prefer some of their songs to The Beatles eg: Let's Be Natural.
Are we talking musicals? Bio-pics? Documentaries or what?
Well the thread title is 'music film', and I consider This is Spinal Tap to be a 'music film', therefore IMO, This is Spinal Tap is the answer to this thread!
totally agree
Don't look back says it all about being Rock Star. You can watch it as a companion piece with Dig and you realise that nothings changed in 30 years. You either stand on your own or you let the machine destroy you
i'm really looking forward to this
http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/44170-mbv-jamc-corgan-coyne-reznor-in-shoegaze-doc
^
seconded! thanks for that link
The Blues Brothers
wins
Slade in Flame second
Slade In Flame
Classic
^
nice. Underrated!
Agreed
... thats three of these threads where someone has mentioned Slade In Flame and we've all agreed. Must be coming round to my turn again next time !
Dishonourable mention for
'Some Kind Of Monster'
'Some Kind of Monster'
is a film that never stops giving. Ever.
I watched clips from 'Star Shaped' on youtube the other day and had forgotten how ridiculously camp Blur were, particularly Graham.
Black Snake Moan?
its a toss up between
dig and the fabulous freaks
i would suggest, on a slightly different tack
Koyannisqaatchi, whci has Phil Glass's music as the only narration - hypnotic as fuck
Heima
yes, Heima.
Does Dancer in the Dark count??
Stop Making Sense
is the best concern film ever.
or even "concert"
Not concern...
The Devil And Daniel Johnston
Correct.
Led Zeppelin
If you like Led Zep, the two-DVD box set of live stuff is excellent.
does nobody like Dancer in the Dark?
i likes
it. i likes it a lot. it is bloody hard work to watch it, but i think it is a beautifully put together film. von trier has such a great sense of what should be in the frame, and when you have a muse as good as bjork to work with it is always going to come off well. shooting the film nearly sent her over the edge though, she became selma whilst filming it, must have been hellish.
Big Time
no-one's
mentioned 'American Hardcore'...that's a cool, cool movie.
The Song Remains the Same
I love it!
And I saw Woodstock for the first time this week. Brilliant depiction.
Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus
is unmissably good.
"You may need a murderer" (the Low documentary) is well worth a watch if you are Low and/or Retribution Gospel Choir fan (and if you aren't, why not?). But it's not as good as Wrong-Eye.
Yes! Stop Making Sense
Is awesome. I saw it at the Cambridge Arts Cinema soon after it came out and it was amazing. The place went wild and needless to say no-one was left sitting in their seats.
The guy who recommended that we go told us there was something as good on the following week, so needless to say we got well oiled and ready to boogie and piled into the cinema, where it turned out they were showing a harrowing documentary about child prostitution in the Pacific Northwest. Not much dancing in the aisles was involved.
Stop making sense is the ultimate one but....
...an honourable mention should go to biopic "Control", which is better than the recent Joy Division documentary anyway.
...
Off the top of the bonce:
- Spinal Tap (natch)
- Some Kind Of Monster (FUCK!!)
- Standing in the Shadows of Motown
Honourable mention:
- The Blues Brothers
Rattle and Hum, no contest surely ?
grosse point blank
great soundtrack..
^
this. That film got me back into Echo and the Bunnymen.
^ yes
howabout Wild Styles, Reeling (PJ Harvey drunk, a lot), that fantastic documentary about the emergence of punk, disco and hip hop from new york in the 70's,
Amusing no one's mentions led zep yet, or oliver stone's the doors :D
Once
Was I the only sap here who fell for that movie film? Do I need to aplogize? Sorry. I thought it was a nice little film.
i watch
I Am Trying To Break Your Heart, Instrument and We Jam Econo more than i should.
NO DIRECTION HOME
is up there. just watched in full this week and i cant recommend it highly enough.
Spiceworld the Movie?
Just kidding. Did anyone actually like I'm Not There? I found it tenous, boring and so overly pretentious - the scenes with just the young "Dylan" alone, on a white screen, spouting his polemic to the camera, and the constant annoying shots of the tarantula. Stupidly long too. I'm not sure if I didn't enjoy it as I'm not particularly familiar with Dylan, or if it was just a dull film.
the devil and daniel johnston
is a superb documentary and well worth a watch.
except it has already been mentioned
damn my inability at skim reading!
Amadeus is brilliant.
As is Dig.
my faves...
...have been mentioned (spinal tap, dig, fearless freaks, stop making sense)
But A Mighty Wind is quite funny
Grease.
Magnolia.
its a toss up
the year that punk broke
and
instrument by fugazi
ps. the intro to punk broke is awesome! beatnik city
has to be
legalize murder
Batman!
na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na BATMAN.