Heavy Metal - Louder Than Life
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Actor: Dick Carruthers, Jim ParsonsBrand: FIRST LOOK HOME ENTERTAINMENT
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.77:1
Running Time: 288 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-10-24
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: First Look Pictures
DVD Reviews of Heavy Metal - Louder Than Life
DVD Review: A pretty cool heavy rocumentary
Summary: 4 Stars
Somewhat hyped at the time of it's release due to the dearth of intelligent documentaries about the hard `n' heavy end of the musical spectrum this DVD is not as good as Metal: A Headbangers Journey but does approach the level of goodness contained in Global Metal.
The main plus sides of this release is it doesn't get bogged down into some fandom style argument over what is metal. It takes the broad view of the whole hard rock/heavy metal genre being able to be lumped together into one overarching spectrum - which is a pleasant, mature and intelligent way of looking at things. A whole string of talking heads are used from the musicians themselves (Dio, Mustaine, Johnathon Davis, Paul Di Anno, Geezer Butler, Stephen Pearcy amongst others) to a bunch of behind the scenes chaps like producers and managers. As such it does give a broad overview of whatever facet is being discussed.
The documentary cruises along from some rough definitions of metal to the beginnings of the genre and certain aspects of its make up. The segments segue into one another quite nicely and this gradual movement through the DVD is perhaps where the filmmakers art has shone most brightly - it allows the viewer to feel like they are being carried along by the current. Truth to tell, the conversational style of the interviews actually makes the extended length of this work feel less of a burden and such is the richness of the overall genre at hand I could have sat through even more of it, quite willing to watch the DVD in hour long chunks.
Problems with this release are few however the way it is so US/UK centric is a little weird given that since the early to mid 90's most useful metal has quite pointedly NOT been coming from those areas for the most part. And while I have no doubt that Korn has it's place in metal history (whether I'm a fan or not) the simple fact is that Mr Davis seriously needs some elocution lessons - it's like listening to an expressionless teenager mumbling through some sort of play recital at school.
The extras were OK, mostly just added anecdotes that didn't make the final cut and a few odds `n' sods though the `mystery headbanger' segment will have you reaching for the fast forward button.
All up I'd buy this and the aforementioned Metal; A Headbangers Journey and Global Metal as an unholy triumvirate of intelligent discussion of this much maligned musical form.
Description of Heavy Metal - Louder Than Life
Since it arrived in the 70?s Metal has been the most enduring form of popular music culture the world has known. Rumored to have died it is of course undead, and continues to mutate and infiltrate . . . This documentary is a considered look at the continuing story of Metal, in the words of the people that make it, live it, breathe it and keep it vital. What makes it tick, why nothing else can touch it for power, emotion and longevity, why it?s misunderstood, why it doesn?t care, how it continues to upset the establishment, how it manipulates the media, the positivity, and the way it has forced its iconography and ethos deep into an unsuspecting and unwilling mainstream. Created by award winning duo Director Dick Carruthers (Led Zeppelin, Aerosmith, The White Stipes) and Producer Jim Parsons (MTV Headbangers? Ball. New Kings of Rock ?n? Roll, Re:covered) Heavy Metal is a long overdue film that unravels the music, the myths and the madness..Bestsellers in DVD
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