77 Boadrum Documentary Film Premiere
September 25, 2008 | 1 Comment
Remember the awesomeness of 88 Boadrum? Well, last year’s equally awesome event, 77 Boadrum, was caught on film and will have its international premiere in New York on October 13. The documentary clocks in at 89 minutes and is in Japanese with English subtitles (we’re assuming the drumming itself doesn’t need any translating). Check out the press release below:
On July 7th, 2007 at 7:07pm, Japan’s musical innovators THE BOREDOMS orchestrated a performance by 77 drummers in New York City. This momentous event was documented by artist Jun Kawaguchi, showing the raw musical force of the instrument and the unique vision of THE BOREDOMS as they brought their experiment to fruition. 77 BOADRUM is the result, and a captivating one at that.
77 BOADRUM, Jun’s first feature film, was chosen by enthusiastic Boredoms admires and music fans, making it one of the top 10 popular films at the New York - Tokyo Film Grand Prix 2008 early on. The film will be premiered at NYTFGP2008 FESTIVAL, with a special guest appearance by Jun and a gathering of drummers who participated in the event.
Oct. 13 (Mon)
Screening 1: Doors open at 6:00pm, Film starts at 7:00pm
Screening 2: Doors open at 8:15pm, Film starts at 9:15pmAnthology Film Archives
32 Second Avenue, NYC77 BOADRUM and NYTFGP2008 FESTIVAL Info :
http://www.newyork-tokyo.com/wp/nytfgp2008-festival/
Jun Kawaguchi Interview:
http://www.newyork-tokyo.com/wp/nytfgp2008-interview/General Tickets: $10
online:
http://www.inticketing.com/evinfo.php?eventid=28450
http://www.inticketing.com/evinfo.php?eventid=28452
Phone: 1-866-55-TICKETS
Ramblings on The Rocker
August 15, 2008 | 1 Comment
We’ve been anxiously twiddling our sticks since May to see Rainn Wilson play a has-been drummer in The Rocker. Mercifully, the movie finally opens next week nationwide, but a few bastards way luckier than us have already seen it. Links to some sneak-peek ramblings are below. Consensus seems to be generally positive, as is absolutely fitting for a movie that includes drumming and the comedy genius of Dwight K. Schrute, er, Rainn Wilson.
- Rainn Wilson Is Ready to Rock
- Rainn Wilson Pounds and Preens for Laughs As The Rocker
- Rainn Wilson Is The Rocker!
- Rainn Wilson Excels in Role of Misfit
- Purple Rainn
Tommy Lee Wants Johnny Depp…
July 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment
But not in a full-on gay way. No, the drummer wants Depp to play him in the possibly upcoming movie based on Motley Crue’s extremely entertaining and readable autobiography, The Dirt: Confessions of the World’s Most Notorious Rock Band. Sound like a stretch? Like how in the hell is 5′ 10″ Depp going to pull off 6′ 2″ Lee? Well, we’re not at all worried. If Depp can do Hunter S. Thompson so brilliantly, dude can act the shit out of anybody.
Rainn Wilson Talks Drums…
July 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment
And some other stuff in this interview about The Rocker, but it’s really only the drums that matter, of course. He says:
How tough was it to learn drumming? I took drum lessons with this guy named Stuart Johnson who’s been in a lot of bands and we got to work for a couple of weeks before I went up to Toronto and really, he was just playing me like Zeppelin and White Stripes and a lot of real basic drum beats. So we worked on a lot of basic drumming, but then he also really coached me on the specifics of heavy metal drumming which is a whole art form to itself.
Cool. Almost cool enough that we can overlook the misspelling of Neil Peart’s name:
Yeah, we went to see Rush. There weren’t any really metal bands playing at the time when we were shooting in Toronto. We certainly didn’t have time. We were shooting 6 days a week, but we went to play with Rush and got to hang out with Neil Pierce and got to actually play his drum set. That was a pretty rare privilege.
Naked Drummer Rainn
June 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Another clip of Rainn Wilson drumming in the upcoming movie The Rocker. And this time he’s naked. Which we all know improves stick control immensely.
[via DrumOrbit]
Rainn Wilson Is a Drummer in New Movie
May 7, 2008 | 1 Comment
The drumming buzz about Rainn Wilson in The Rocker has been tormenting us for months now. He plays a has-been, crotch-rock drummer who is recruited to keep the beat in a modern teenage band. Awesome! And if Rainn is involved, gut-busting hilarity is guaranteed to ensue; the fact that drums are involved just makes the movie more of a must-see. It will be released in August, but those of you in Sin City can catch a showing at the CineVegas film festival in June. The rest of us will have to make do with the trailer:
Adventures of Power Still Might Not Suck
February 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment
The reviews for Adventures of Power—an upcoming movie about a geek-hero air drummer—have been trickling in since this year’s Sundance Film Festival. We feared at first it was going to bomb, but this critic (whoever the fuck she is) gives us some hope again:
One might assume that a movie about an aspiring air drummer could only appeal to the intelligence level of the second class; yet Adventures of Power turned out to be quite thoughtful and thorough and it resonated with me long after the picture left the screen. Here there are all the elements of a really well written screenplay; each character fits beautifully in sync with the others, each plot point is pivotal, and each bit of dialogue is purposeful and profound.
Adventures of Power Trailer
February 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment
There is a god. And she has a sense of humor.
More Adventures of Power
February 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment
The world’s first movie devoted to air drumming might not suck after all. Here’s a more positive review of Adventures of Power, complete with a choice quote from the film:
I don’t need drums…I am drums.
I think we can all relate.
Tommy Lee on Film
January 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment
This time, though, he’ll be off camera and (probably) dressed. Lee’s going to narrate a documentary, Dear Jack, about Andrew McMahon’s battle with cancer. McMahon is the vocalist/pianist for the band Something Corporate and his solo project Jack’s Mannequin. He was diagnosed with leukemia in 2005. Check out a preview of the movie here.
