loudQUIETloud: A Film About the Pixies (2006)
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The band that inspired some of the most innovative rock acts of the new millennium reunites to conquer the globe 12 years after calling it quits, and filmmaker Steven Cantor is there to capture all the low-lights and highlights of their tentative reunion in a probing documentary exploring the re-birth of Gen-X alternative giants the Pixies. Plagued by personal problems from the beginning but driven to create such classic albums as Surfer Rosa and Doolittle, Frank Black, Kim Deal, Joey Santiago,
May 2, 2006 Wide
Nov 7, 2006
Roxie Releasing
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Filmmakers Steven Cantor and Matthew Galkin catch distressing and poignant moments on the tour that, if written into a fiction film, would seem too scripted to be true.
Top CriticThe 85-minute documentary takes a torpid, fly-on-the-wall approach, providing little context, few insights, and not enough music.
Watching the movie is not as much fun as listening to the old records.
Boring people who made extraordinary music, the Pixies are inexplicable. In attempting to demystify them, this backstage pass to their 2004 reunion tour achieves the opposite.
This is a nice Cinderella story, but here's the problem: It doesn't exactly crackle with drama.
The entire affair looks and feels like a reality television show minus the cheap drama.
By night, the Pixies are rock n' roll superheroes...by day, they're just four surly co-workers with very little to say to one another.
The Pixies, reunited after 12 years and still in top form.
And if you're a fan of the Pixies' music, that's not such a bad way to spend 90 minutes
It's this disconnect between their iconic public selves and their rather ordinary actual selves that makes the film so engrossing even for non-fans.
It's a lively, charming film, and if it gave us a little more of the band's history, it would be perfect. As it is, it's a perfect introduction to some great songs and fascinating characters.
A plangent record of the landmark group's 2004 reunion tour that should dispel any remaining romantic notions about the rock lifestyle.
In between blazing performances, the dead air and silent downtime produce a strong impression that we won't be hearing much from the Pixies in the future.
The concert footage, which is exceptionally well photographed and recorded, offers clips of varying lengths from a wealth of songs. The rest of the film glimpses the stress disorders that can develop when average people with problems become popular.
For fans of the seminal alt-rock quartet, the Pixies' reunion was momentous, but in the solid behind-the-scenes documentary loudQuietloud, the band comes across as considerably more muted in its enthusiasm.
This tension combines into a collection of great music, at least for the already initiated.
The fascinating 'loudQUIETloud' plays a bit like the alt-rock version of the Metallica documentary 'Some Kind of Monster,' as the Pixies try to hold it together through mental breakdowns, family tragedies and those ever-popular musical differences.
The real draw is the insight into the group's dynamic, heretofore shaded in mystery.
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