Brian Chase, Glenn Branca, Bjorn Copeland, Aaron Hemphill, Scott Crary, Tristan Bechet, Michael Gira, Hisham Bharoocha, Eric Copeland, Susan Donaldson, Ron Albertson, Angus Andrew, Sebastien Brault表示を増やす
Classic lo-fi rock doc on art punk and what it means to innovate in any art form. This films came out around the same time as the infamous documentary Tarnation, and was also made for a notoriously 3 figure budget and won a bunch of festival awards and got deals with Showtime and Palm Pictures. I'd say both films have a similar pastiche vibe and expressionistic/poetic bent. It's not glossy, but that's kinda the point. Just as no wave was a do-it-yourself movement, using whatever you had to make your statement, KILL YOUR IDOLS does the same. It's raucous, deliciously bratty, and just a lot of fun if you like any of the bands in it. No wave flew in the face of history, the present was all that matters; and the film kind of honors that, using the subject matter to explore the ideals of the movement rather than the cold facts or historical moments. It doesn't tidily summarize the past, the way most music docs do. I dug that. I've never seen a doc like it. The title really *is* the tagline/theme here...I kinda saw the film as a mediation on that concept. Would have liked to have seen longer performances, but I'm guessing not a lot of that old scene was ever filmed back then.
5つ星のうち5.0LYDIA is great in her truthfulness about the NYC scene
2007年6月15日にアメリカ合衆国でレビュー済み
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This one is really good as documentaries go. I love the interviews especially Lydia Lunch just making fun of all the new kids in the New York music scene... thats the best part!!!