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: Plexifilm
: Documentary, Music, Documentary, Music
: English
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When photographer and commercial director Sam Jones began plans to make I Am Trying to Break Your Heart, he envisioned a long-form rock video about the making of a Wilco album, Yankee Hotel Foxtrot. But right from the start, it seemed that Jones was destined to make a documentary about an extremely tumultuous period in the band's existence. The day before Jones started shooting, Jeff Tweedy, the band's singer-songwriter, called to say that they had fired Ken Coomer, and hired a new drummer, Glenn Kotche. Jones started shooting his film, in black-and-white, as the band recorded their inventive new album. He captured the tensions caused by creative differences between Tweedy and guitarist-songwriter-engineer Jay Bennett. Tweedy takes a break from making the album to go on a short solo tour. The band eventually completes the album, and after it's mixed by Jim O'Rourke, Tweedy is happy with it, and feels that the band has taken their music in a new direction. They send it to their label, Reprise, a division of Time Warner, and after two weeks of silence, the label, concerned about the album's commercial prospects, calls band manager Tony Margherita and asks for the band to make changes. Tweedy refuses, and Reprise decides to let the band take Yankee Hotel Foxtrot elsewhere. The band goes on tour, and stream the album on their website. Eventually the conflict between Tweedy and Bennett comes to a head. I Am Trying to Break Your Heart (named of a song on the album) documents the unexpected trials of the band, and their efforts to overcome them. The film premiered at the 2002 Los Angeles Film Festival. ~ Josh Ralske, All Movie Guide
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| I Am Trying to Break Your Heart - A Film About Wilco (Bonus Disc) (2002) |
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by spazgirl
April 18, 2003 - 11:02 AM PDT
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| I've known for quite some time that Jeff Tweedy is brilliant; what I didn't know (but I'm not surprised to discover) is that he is incredibly sweet and humble, with a sophisticated yet childlike awe of everything around him that isn't contrived at all. Watching this documentary, it occurred to me that it portrays a musical talent who is the complete antithesis of the cocky, obnoxious, rude Bob Dylan in "Don't Look Back". The whole film is a delight to watch, and there's a ton of familiar music played a little differently from what I'm used to; I was most intrigued, however, by the scenes with Jay Bennett around the time he was asked to leave the band. It was sad and painful to behold someone so desperately trying to be understood long after he had worn out his welcome. I am looking forward to hearing the commentary, and, one of these days, adding this to my DVD collection. Consider my heart broken. |
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