The New York Times mentioned in Sunday’s movie fall issue, that the films at this years Toronto International Film Festival will make this fall’s movie season one of the most memorable as far as music-driven movies go. The project highlighted as the pinnacle of movies meeting music was the Davis Guggenheim directed documentary, “It Might Get Loud.” The documentary follows the evolution of the electric guitar as seen from the point of view from three significant musicians, Led Zeppelin’s Jimmy Page, U2’s Edge and the White Stripes’ Jack White.
Other films playing at TIFF cited as significant musically were the teenage love comedy, “Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist,” the documentary, “Every Little Step,” which chronicles the history of the Broadway musical, “A Chorus Line,” and the Jonathan Demme directed family drama, “Rachel Getting Married.” The diva-heavy film, “The Secret Life of Bees,” was also mentioned, as it stars such heavy hitters as Queen Latifah, Alicia Keys and Jennifer Hudson.
But apparently the talk didn’t take long to divulge into politics, as a reporter asked Ms. Latifah about her film was related to the up-coming election. The Queen responded by saying, “One of the coolest things people have said about this film is that it could help Obama get elected.” Controversial filmmaker Spike Lee couldn’t resist the urge to bring up politics/upcoming election either, and went on a tirade about political change, John Wayne stereotypes and the unfavorable perspective American history chooses to portray blacks.
Whether these films will succeed in meshing the two art forms together remains to be seen, but it is encouraging to see a consistent stream of films that don’t take their soundtracks lightly.
Wow, i love you guys. you rule. I go see my first movie in about an hour and i’m soo exhausted. Worked til 5 am this morning.
Two films tonight and the off to the races for the rest of the week.