Heavy Metal - Louder Than Life
by Dick Carruthers
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Actor: Jim ParsonsDirector: Dick Carruthers
Brand: FIRST LOOK HOME ENTERTAINMENT
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD-Video, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.77:1
Running Time: 288 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-10-24
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: First Look Pictures
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Movie Review: Mediocre Documentary on under-analyzed genre.
Summary: 2 Stars
Not nearly as comprehensive as I had hoped,this book attempts to trace the history of the genre from it's inception in the late 60s through the modern day.
Alot of cool people are interviewed like Dio,Dee Snider,Dave Mustaine,Geezer Butler among others,but the information falls flat often.
The film has a difficult time defining the difference between Hard Rock and Heavy Metal,and misses many interesting bands to focus on newer acts like Korn and Slipknot,in an obvious stab at the youth market.
It never really works fully and many important eras like Thrash and the entire area of Power and Prog are eliminated.
Some music video clips,which are welcome,but it all feels somewhat hobbled together.
The result is rather glaring,too,considering the in depth examination offered on the superior,"Metal:A Headbanger's Journey" documentary.
Sadly,even the take of the genre presented on VH1 was more enteratining.
Die hards may want to give this a glance,all others can feel free to skip.
Summary of Heavy Metal - Louder Than Life
Since it arrived in the 70's Metal has been the most enduring form of popular music culture the world has known. Rumored to have died it is of course undead, and continues to mutate and infiltrate . . . This documentary is a considered look at the continuing story of Metal, in the words of the people that make it, live it, breathe it and keep it vital. What makes it tick, why nothing else can touch it for power, emotion and longevity, why it's misunderstood, why it doesn't care, how it continues to upset the establishment, how it manipulates the media, the positivity, and the way it has forced its iconography and ethos deep into an unsuspecting and unwilling mainstream. Created by award winning duo Director Dick Carruthers (Led Zeppelin, Aerosmith, The White Stipes) and Producer Jim Parsons (MTV Headbangers' Ball. New Kings of Rock 'n' Roll, Re:covered) Heavy Metal is a long overdue film that unravels the music, the myths and the madness..Documentary DVD Video
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