First 15 minutes of this episode on Edgar Wright’s new documentary film about Ron and Russell Mael and their band you may have heard of and listened to. Then, a survey of rock documentaries which discuss bands who have mostly maintained lengthy careers regardless of the level of mainstream interest.
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Monday, June 21, 2021
Sunday, August 15, 2010
SCOTT PILGRIM, Edgar Wright and Michael Cera.
I give the Edgar Wright-directed (previous credits include SHAUN OF THE DEAD and HOT FUZZ) graphic-novel-to-screen adaptation SCOTT PILGRIM VS. THE WORLD **1/2 on a scale of ****. Enjoyed it up to a point (including Kieran Culkin's amazing homage to Hank Azaria), but was a bit irritated by Wright and his DP's choice to stage and shoot the film in slam-everyone-against-the-frame 1.85 to 1 (or "flat") ratio for the most part.
As for Michael Cera, it will be interesting to see if his screen/TV career evolves into that of his spiritual father Andrew McCarthy. I'm probably the only person on planet Earth who prefers Cera in Miguel Arteta's YOUTH IN REVOLT to Cera in SCOTT PILGRIM.
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