I Need That Record!
I Need That Record! The Death or Possible Survival of the Independent Record Store is Brendan Toller's first feature-documentary completed in 2008 and distributed by Music Video Distributors in 2010. The project began as Toller's undergraduate thesis at Hampshire College in Amherst, MA.[1]
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Directed by | Brendan Toller |
Cinematography | Brendan Toller |
Edited by | Brendan Toller |
Distributed by | Music Video Distributors |
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Country | United States |
Language | English |
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, BP Helium 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
- "Brendan Toller Tells a Secret History of Rock and Roll". www.hampshire.edu.
- Reidy, Julia (April 16, 2008). "Record store doc to feature Noam Chomsky, Thurston, more". Paste. Retrieved March 2, 2016.
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-01-10. Retrieved 2019-08-01.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- O'Donnell, Kevin (May 5, 2010). "Rockers Geek Out About Indie Record Stores in New Documentary". Rolling Stone. Retrieved March 2, 2016.
- "Film is an ode to the disappearing record store". Boston.com.
- Young, Rob (August 13, 2010). "I NEED THAT RECORD!". Uncut. Retrieved March 2, 2016.
- Carman, Keith (June 1, 2010). "I Need That Record!". Exclaim!. Retrieved March 2, 2016.
- Loomis, Daryl (May 20, 2010). "I Need That Record!". DVD Verdict. Retrieved March 2, 2016.