Metal - A Headbanger's Journey
by Sam Dunn, Scott Mcfadyen, Jessica Joy Wise
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Actor: Alice Cooper, Dee Snider, Rob Zombie, Tony Iommi, Vince NeilDirector: Jessica Joy Wise, Sam Dunn, Scott Mcfadyen
Brand: whv
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, PAL
Picture Format: 1.78:1
Running Time: 180 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-05-23
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Model: 80575
Studio: Warner Home Video
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- Sam Dunn, a 30-year old anthropologist, decided to study the plight of a different culture, one he has been a part of since he was a 12-year-old: the culture of heavy metal. Sam sets out on a global journey to find out why this music has been consistently stereotyped, dismissed and condemned and yet is loved so passionately by its millions of fans. Along the way, Sam explores metals obsession with
Movie Reviews of Metal - A Headbanger's Journey
Movie Review: A metalhead anthropologist creates the definitive documentary
Summary: 5 Stars
Thirty-something anthropologist Sam Dunn earned academic street cred with his thesis on Guatemalan refugees, and then set out to study the culture he truly loved--that of headbanging heavy metal. Dunn himself has been a headbanger since age twelve, and he would have majored in metal studies at college if it had been in the curriculum. His documentary is a rock solid examination of the culture of heavy metal. It opens with the definitive question: Who was the first metal band? He builds consensus on the best candidate, simultaneously paying tribute to the important influences that pre-dated the birth of metal.
Dunn explores all aspects of heavy metal culture, from gender and sexuality to censorship to basic musical constructs of a heavy metal song and band. The story of heavy metal is told via band interviews, concert footage, early fan home videos, fan interviews, festival experiences, and even Senate hearings (the Parents Resource Music Center debacle in the 1980's). Dunn interviews a veritable who's who of rock musicians and critics, including Chuck Klosterman, Dee Snider, Rob Zombie, Alice Cooper, Geddy Lee, and Ronnie James Dio. The purchase price is justified alone by Dio's comment on his Italian grandmother's role in the genesis of the devil horns symbol. The DVD release includes a bonus documentary about the Norweigan black metal scene, filled with insightful commentary from the authors of Lords of Chaos.
Perhaps the most important legacy of Dunn's film is his Definitive Metal Family Tree, a masterpiece which traces metal sub-genres throughout the last four decades. Metal, Shock Rock, Hard Rock, Glam Metal, Stoner Metal, Thrash Metal, Black Metal, Grindcore, Grunge Metal, Industrial Metal, Hard Alternative, and many more all have their place in Dunn's metal tree. It's an ironclad tree which features several hundred bands all in their proper places.
Summary of Metal - A Headbanger's Journey
Explores the origins and history of heavy metal music as well as its cultural significance.Item Type: DVD Movie
Item Rating: NR
Street Date: 01/02/07
Wide Screen: no
Director Cut: no
Special Edition: no
Language: ENGLISH
Foreign Film: noSubtitles: no
Dubbed: no
Full Frame: no
Re-Release: no
Packaging: Sleeve
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