All Tomorrow’s Parties
Warp X Films
(2009)
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The documentary,
All Tomorrow’s Parties, is a pure and unadulterated look into one of indie scenes’ most intimate and avant alternative music festivals for the whole world set in East Sussex and Minehead, UK. This film takes a look into not just the performances on stage, but the artist/fan interaction and communication that occurs while at the holiday retreats where both parties resided and intermingled. With fan-submitted footage from groups such as Portishead, Sonic Youth, Belle & Sebastian, Iggy and the Stooges, The Battles, Lightening Bolt, and Daniel Johnston - there is simply no shortage on band caught in various forms of media ranging from the Super8 to the cellphone video.
For you see the most important element about this film is its audience-generated content, as each individual fan (culled together for this documentary) captured the true DIY spirit of the egalitarian mantra: “a festival with no headliner.”
Steeped with witty commentary and off-the-cuff interviews from members of the bands, there is no corner of the room that is untouched for the those in attendance at the screening. The film is a definite winner for those who in the past have rubbed elbows with the likes of Kim Gordon to even those who weren’t able to make it to the coveted festival.
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