I Need That Record!

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I Need That Record!
I Need That Record!.jpg
Film poster
Directed byBrendan Toller
CinematographyBrendan Toller
Edited byBrendan Toller
Distributed byMusic Video Distributors
Release date
  • May 3, 2008 (2008-05-03)
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

I Need That Record! The Death (or Possible Survival) of the Independent Record Store is 2008 documentary film directed by and distributed by . The project began as Toller's undergraduate thesis at Hampshire College in Amherst, MA.[1]

Interviews[]

The film features interviews with: Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth, Ian MacKaye of Dischord Records Fugazi/Minor Threat, activist/author Noam Chomsky, Mike Watt of the Minutemen, Lenny Kaye guitarist of the Patti Smith Group, Chris Frantz of the Talking Heads/Tom Tom Club, guitar composer Glenn Branca, Patterson Hood of Drive-By Truckers, Patrick Carney of the Black Keys, punk author Legs McNeil, rock photographer Bob Gruen, guitarist from Of Montreal and more.

Release[]

I Need That Record! premiered at Hampshire College on May 3, 2008.[2] It sold out at the National Film Board of Canada and won the Audience Award at Melbourne International Film Festival. I Need That Record! played around the world at over 60 film festivals, centers, and events (Melbourne International Film Festival, Independent Film Festival of Boston, Raindance UK).[3] After being released to independent record stores on Record Store Day, it was sold at bigger chains on July 27, 2010.[4]

Reception[]

Jonathan Perry of the Boston Globe has described the film as "an elegy for a vanishing subculture...a lively, bittersweet film that examines - with caustic humor, brutal candor, and, ultimately, great affection - why roughly 3,000 indie record stores have closed across the nation over the past decade."[5] Rob Young of Uncut called it a "a rounded and quietly impassioned elegy" for the communities that surrounded independent music stores.[6] Keith Carman of Exclaim! wrote, "However, while I Need That Record is interesting and well laid out enough to be worth a viewing, it's not exactly an epiphany."[7] Daryl Loomis of DVD Verdict described it as "overly wistful" but "definitely worth a watch".[8]

References[]

  1. ^ "Brendan Toller Tells a Secret History of Rock and Roll". www.hampshire.edu.
  2. ^ Reidy, Julia (April 16, 2008). "Record store doc to feature Noam Chomsky, Thurston, more". Paste. Retrieved March 2, 2016.
  3. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-01-10. Retrieved 2019-08-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ O'Donnell, Kevin (May 5, 2010). "Rockers Geek Out About Indie Record Stores in New Documentary". Rolling Stone. Retrieved March 2, 2016.
  5. ^ "Film is an ode to the disappearing record store". Boston.com.
  6. ^ Young, Rob (August 13, 2010). "I NEED THAT RECORD!". Uncut. Retrieved March 2, 2016.
  7. ^ Carman, Keith (June 1, 2010). "I Need That Record!". Exclaim!. Retrieved March 2, 2016.
  8. ^ Loomis, Daryl (May 20, 2010). "I Need That Record!". DVD Verdict. Retrieved March 2, 2016.

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