Recommend some good films about music... they don't have to be documentaries necessarily, just really interesting, possibly inspiring and extremely well done.
'This is Spinal Tap', 'High Fidelity' and 'Almost Famous' come to mind... I've also looked at getting 'Punk's not Dead' but heard it's really not that great. Also, I'm wondering which Bob Dylan documentary to get out of 'Don't Look Back' and 'No Direction Home'...
Re: Good music films/documentaries
Posted: Thu Jul 11, 2013 7:24 am
by wub
Documentary wise;
Searching For Sugarman
Buena Vista Social Club
Standing in the Shadows of Motown
Big Fun in the Big Town
Scratch
Re: Good music films/documentaries
Posted: Thu Jul 11, 2013 9:13 am
by DiegoSapiens
Re: Good music films/documentaries
Posted: Thu Jul 11, 2013 9:32 am
by Laszlo
Living Inside the Speaker..
Re: Good music films/documentaries
Posted: Thu Jul 11, 2013 9:45 am
by PinUp
Dub Echoes - Really good documentary about dub and how it's influenced modern music, very well put together by the guys at Soul Jazz records, there's a killer LP that goes with this as well. Features interviews with Lee "Scratch" Perry, Roots Manuva, Kode 9 and more.
Musically Mad - A documentary on Reggae Sound System Culture from box making all the way through to deeper spiritual connections, not quite as professional as dub echoes but still a good effort considering it's made by some swedish students, this has quite a lot of live recorded footage.
Bassweight - Dubsteps glory days, a very enjoyable watch and even featuring a little cameo from Seckl3.
Re: Good music films/documentaries
Posted: Thu Jul 11, 2013 10:12 am
by Harkat
^Weird how prominent Deapoh is in that film. He's vanished to another planet now, right?
Re: Good music films/documentaries
Posted: Thu Jul 11, 2013 10:26 am
by PinUp
I guess he was mates with the guys filming it or something, I like that you get to see quite a lot from his perspective though. Barefiles is kind of forgotten about now but at the time it was pretty major.
Re: Good music films/documentaries
Posted: Thu Jul 11, 2013 10:38 am
by Jizz
Its a Swing Thing
Re: Good music films/documentaries
Posted: Thu Jul 11, 2013 10:54 am
by ashen
Cracked Actor (David Bowie doc)
Purple Rain
Re: Good music films/documentaries
Posted: Thu Jul 11, 2013 11:14 am
by wilson
I haven't got round to it yet but A Great Day in Harlem is supposed to be a good one if you're into your jazz at all.
12.5 hour documentary on HORSE The Band's 2008 world tour. 45 countries in 90 days on a shoestring budget. Some of the jokes / references won't make sense if you aren't familiar with the band but the documentary is more about life on the road than their music and is very funny at times. It's a good watch, but I can understand if you all pass on this one lol
