Take five.
Simon Collins has put together a list.
The Jazz Singer, starring Al Jolson, was the first movie to combine music and movies. Rock’n’roll is ripe for a big screen treatment.
This is a snack.
The excesses and egos of the music business were skewered in this 1984 mockumentary, so much so that real bands joke aboutSpinal Tap moments today. The cult classic was mostly improvised and is still the funniest rock movie ever made.
Some kind of monster.
In the midst of a crisis, American metal giants Metallica made this fly-on-the-wall documentary. After James Hetfield goes into rehab, the rest of the band hires a therapist named Phil Towle, who seems to think he is a part of the band. This is happening against the backdrop of a lawsuit. The band regretted unleashing this monster.
I’m trying to break your heart by showing a film about Wilcox.
A band is captured in a rockumentary. Yankee Hotel Foxtrot was a 2001 masterpiece and was made by Sam Jones. The relationship between Jay Bennett and Jeff Tweedy, who are suffering from disabling migraines, is at risk due to the label’s rejection of the album. I am trying to break your heart is a sad depiction of competing creative and commercial forces, but has a happy ending.
Runnin down a dream.
The four-hour documentary about Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, which was released in 2007, is still thrilling even after 30 years. Thanks to the fact original singer Jim Lenahan swapped the microphone for a Super 8 Camera and followed the Heartbreakers from Florida to Los Angeles, director Peter Bogdanovich has a lot of footage. A dream for people who love music.
The people are at a party.
Michael Winterbottom’s 2002 comedy-drama charts Manchester’s verdant music scene from the late 1970s punk era through to the rise of rave culture in the early 90s. The spirit of the scene that gave us Joy Division, New Order, Happy Mondays and the Stone Roses can be found in 24 hour party people.