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Dig! (2004)
All these years later...
I still can't believe how well this holds up.
Newcombe's work since this doc came out has continued to grow and dazzle.
The Dandy's are still doing their thing.
And the time period in which this was captured feels like the end of an era in which bands could still achieve major success from playing the dive bars.
I don't care how "out of context" any of this was, the film remains a treat for rock fans.
Sherman's March (1985)
The strangest/greatest(?) documentary ever made
Okay... like everyone who probably came across this, they thought it was a documentary about The Civil War. But clearly after reading the back of the DVD you see that it's not. So I knew what I was getting... a documentary about a lonely man in search of love.
It's got so much in common with Grey Gardens. I just enjoyed being there with McElwee and all of his mumblings about death and war and his phobias. It's a tender movie about love. He takes us from one love to another very slowly.
YES IT'S SLOW, you idiots! But SLOW doesn't mean bad.
Ya'll act like y'all got better things to do. YOU DON'T!
The Go-Go's (2020)
Perfect retrospective
I'd been waiting to see this for a while, cause I like the directors other docs. This was everything I'd hoped for. Nothing really new, but it's fun and complete.
Highly recommended for new fans of the group. It's also a trip for old fans.
The Transcendents (2018)
Not a rock doc, but still...
I rented this from the local library and don't know why it was in the "rock doc" section. It's not a documentary at all. There's not even any of the fictional band's music in it. I was actually looking for the new Go Go's documentary. I guess the fact that there wasn't the band's music in it was smart, because the score is lush with an old school western vibe. And since the plot is a revenge plot, I see why the choice of western was made.
Anyway, the movie is actually very good. It's creepy and surreal. Even the casting was surreal. Like outside of Valentine from the Go Go's, I feel like I saw every other actor in a different strange indie or something. Sure enough, after I looked them up, they were in other strange films that i'd seen. Good casting.
Gimme Shelter (1970)
This is the one.
Went back and watched the Song Remains The Same and reviewed that -- it doesn't hold up like this as far as documentaries go.
Like I know that that one is a more concert film than this.
But as for just capturing a moment in time, nothing beats what the Mayles brothers captured in this one.
(Except maybe what they captured in Grey Gardens)
Gimme Shelter holds up to this day.
The Song Remains the Same (1976)
I mean yea, great, they're great, but this doc...
Has not aged so well in regards to the rock doc genre.
Seeing them boys play will always be fabulous and obviously they're the best band of the 70's, but this whole things just feels underwhelming as a doc.
It's no Gimme Shelter.
Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did for Love (2013)
Words can not explain!
I love Marvin Hamlisch's music so very much. There's nothing in this documentary that is new to me. But everything about it made me miss broadway.
Oh how long it's been!
How did I not catch this when it first came out?
Just a happy documentary that makes you feel good.