>>>i would say they were intentionally sterile; it was an
>>>artistic choice that fit thematically for those bands,
>which
>>>clearly lack the fireworks of a rolling stones.
>>>
>>'intentionally sterile' because there's really not much to
>say
>>there in either case.
>
>again, to each his own, but as i said, there are multiple
>modes of film making that can be applied. i love meeting
>people is easy, and i wasn't and am still kinda not a wilco
>fan but really enjoyed i am trying to break your heart, so
>that aesthetic works for me because it felt true to the bands
>and what they were going through.
>
I like Wilco but I have to admit the funniest & most memorable thing to me was not the movie but the Isaac Brock quote about it back around the time 'Good News' came out. Dude was like: Y'know, I watched that Wilco movie that's supposed to be all traumatic, and I was like, boo-hoo-our drummer got put in a *mental institution*

That one line from an interview cracked me up enough that I still remember it a decade later.
>
>>see it, it's worthwhile but more as a 'King Of Kong: Roll
>Full
>>Of Quarters' style human-interest story than as a music
>>documentary.
>
>great doc and another example of going to subjects that may
>not be obvious (like an umpteenth stones or dylan pic).
>talented film makers can present them in an interesting and
>entertaining way, and a lot of musicians deserve the
>treatment.

It needs to be an engaging narrative tho along with being a musical one unless it's going to be a pure concert film like Sign O' The Times, so far a lot of the attempts on more 'contemporary' acts have fallen short of that.

I heard the Metallica one is great in sometimes unintentional ways because of that band's extremely high douche factor.