Metal - A Headbanger's Journey

Metal - A Headbanger's Journey
by Sam Dunn, Jessica Joy Wise, Scot McFadyen

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Actor: Blasphemer, Chris Adler, Gavin Baddeley, Randy Blythe, Tom Araya
Director: Jessica Joy Wise, Sam Dunn, Scot McFadyen
Brand: Warner Brothers
Writer: Sam Dunn
Writer: Jessica Joy Wise
Writer: Scot McFadyen
Producer: David Reckziegel
Producer: Erin Berry
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, PAL
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 96 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-05-23
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Warner Home Video

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Summary: 5 Stars

If you were, are or ever wanted to be a metalhead this is a must have. It is great to show to people who have never listened to metal also. A different kind of dvd, watch and enjoy!

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Summary of Metal - A Headbanger's Journey

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 some of life's most provocative subjects - sexuality religion violence and death - and discovers some things about the culture that even he can't defend. Shot on location in the UK Germany Norway Canada and the US this documentary is the first of its kind. It is both a defense of a long-misunderstood art form and a window for the outsider into the spectacle that is heavy metal.Running Time: 180 min.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre:?DOCUMENTARIES/MISC. Rating:?NR UPC:?012569805750 Manufacturer No:?80575

An anthropological study of Heavy Metal? Is this for real? Believe it man, it's true, and it's pretty darn good at that. Metal - A Headbanger's Journey is a labor of love for director/ producer Sam Dunn; anthropologist, academia, metalhead. Like a good anthropologist Dunn has often wondered about cultures, societies, and the key elements that makes them thrive. Being a life-long headbanger, Sam Dunn decided to turn his academic skills onto himself to study and attempt to explain the often misunderstood culture that shaped his existence and millions of others around the world. Structured like a traditional anthropological journal, Metal - A Headbanger's Journey is broken into sections such as "Origins," "Roots," "Environments," "Culture," "Sexuality," "Religion," and "Death." Many topics are addressed such as identifying the first heavy metal band, what in the music defines the heavy metal sound, why heavy metal unites fans from around the world, why the music has been a target for so many watchdog groups, and who really popularized the heavy metal horn salute. For non-metalheads, the structured approach keeps the documentary on track and prevents it from getting cartoonish and too fan-based and self congratulatory. Metalheads that don't care about film's structure, will thoroughly enjoy the interviews of metal's elite (including originators Tony Iommi, Alice Cooper, Dio, and Bruce Dickinson to modern day heroes Tom Morello, Rob Zombie and Lamb of God) the music, fan commentaries and the concert footage. So raise your horns up high, turn it up loud and check out the best Heavy Metal film ever made. Metal - A Headbanger's Journey will not disappoint. --Rob Bracco

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