Pop quiz. When was the last time that Alex Gibney did not bring a film to the annual snowflake friendly fest? Even in years where he hasn’t presented a film, it feels as if he has been a mainstay bringing docu items such as Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room, Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson, Casino Jack and the United States of Money, Magic Trip and We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks. Mentions of the project date back to 2012 and knowing Gibney’s breakneck work ethic, Finding Fela! is probably the next after his Lance Armstrong portrait. Since Park City’s Main Street music events are sometimes directly tied to a music-docu quota, this would certainly be a must have for the fest.
Gist: A look at the life and music of Nigerian singer Fela Kuti, in his own words, this looks...
Gist: A look at the life and music of Nigerian singer Fela Kuti, in his own words, this looks...
- 11/19/2013
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
Release Date: Nov. 11
Director: Jack Gulick and Daniel E. Catullo III
Editor: Justin Coloma
Starring: Billy Corgan
Studio/Run Time: Coming Home Media, 271 mins.
Double-disc chronicles recent reunion of seminal alternative band
When Smashing Pumpkins reunited in 2007 (with only two original members, Billy Corgan and drummer Jimmy Chamberlin), cynics wrote it off as a cash-in. But bands looking for a quick buck don’t neglect their classic hits for punishing new rock songs and beautiful acoustic material with increasingly sophomoric lyrics (their frequent superimposition on the screen—in calligraphy, no less—doesn’t do them any favors). And they definitely don’t insist on playing excruciating half-hour noise-rock jams like “Gossamer.” This portrait of Corgan strives to be flattering and intimate, but the two are at odds. He spends half of his time in a nightgown, fuming over ancient slights, nursing his outsized messiah complex and commensurate neediness (his assistant,...
Director: Jack Gulick and Daniel E. Catullo III
Editor: Justin Coloma
Starring: Billy Corgan
Studio/Run Time: Coming Home Media, 271 mins.
Double-disc chronicles recent reunion of seminal alternative band
When Smashing Pumpkins reunited in 2007 (with only two original members, Billy Corgan and drummer Jimmy Chamberlin), cynics wrote it off as a cash-in. But bands looking for a quick buck don’t neglect their classic hits for punishing new rock songs and beautiful acoustic material with increasingly sophomoric lyrics (their frequent superimposition on the screen—in calligraphy, no less—doesn’t do them any favors). And they definitely don’t insist on playing excruciating half-hour noise-rock jams like “Gossamer.” This portrait of Corgan strives to be flattering and intimate, but the two are at odds. He spends half of his time in a nightgown, fuming over ancient slights, nursing his outsized messiah complex and commensurate neediness (his assistant,...
- 12/8/2008
- Pastemagazine.com
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