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Wilco - I Am Trying To Break Your Heart
2003
A documentary produced in 2000, which chronicles a period of change in the band's fortunes as they lose their record label and two original band members. Disc two features seventeen tracks including 'Yankee Hotel Foxtrot'. Read more
| Starring | Wilco |
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| Director | Sam Jones, sam jones (iv) |
| Genres | Music/Musical |
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Wilco - I Am Trying To Break Your Heart
A documentary produced in 2000, which chronicles a period of change in the band's fortunes as they lose their record label and two original band members. Disc two features seventeen tracks including 'Yankee Hotel Foxtrot'.
| Starring | Wilco |
|---|---|
| Director | Sam Jones, sam jones (iv) |
| Studio | PIAS UK |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Music/Musical |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Released | DVD: 21 Jun 2004 Production year: 2003 |
| Format | DVD |
Wilco - I Am Trying To Break Your Heart (2 discs) (2003)
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Just as grumbling about Warner/Reprise's initial abandonment of Wilco's Yankee Hotel Foxtrot elevated a serviceable... read more on Time Out
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1 out of 1 person found this review helpful
What becomes of the broken hearted?
This is an excellent document of a band in turmoil.The intensity grows throughout film and becomes something you did not expect. Its not just a 'run of the mill' band 'rockumentary', it is something else.
The music is incredible. I think Wilco work best as a live band and their spirit is somewhat diluted on record, records which are ,perhaps a little to overproduced. The live acoustic stuff from Jeff Tweedy is so good, that i find it strange they choose to make big elaborate sounding records. This is really good, if you are a fan you have probably already seen it, if not rent and discover an amazing band. -
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As a document of the tension between releasing credible music while dealing with both record company machinations and internal rivalries, `I Am Trying To Break Your Heart' largely succeeds. Having decided that Jeff Tweedy's tortured nature can only authentically be represented in grainy black and white and low-key lighting, Sam Jones follows Wilco as they create, record and promote `Yankee Hotel Foxtrot'. The record that Time Warner AOL ended up paying for twice, once for the initial sessions, prior to dropping the band 24 hours after it was delivered, and then again when another branch of the multi-national picked them up and bought it back. In the meantime the band had already made the product available on their own web-site. Jones' restless panning and zooming irritates, and although he does have good access to the band and record company honchos, the erratic handheld camera detracts from the slow, meandering and frustrating creative process. This is an interesting insight into musicians' frustrations, including pressure from record company bosses to meet deadlines with the product they want, the hurt of being dropped, and the struggle to create something meaningful. Wilco are represented as somewhat naïve but determined artists more dedicated to their art than sales, up against the machinations of the industry. The somewhat self-obsessed Tweedy appears less interested in other's reactions or opinions than making his own point. This 90 minute film, interspersed with quick cuts of live gigs and backstage liggers, captures well the power dynamics within the band, including the sacking of needy Jay Bennett, and the boredom of touring with a young family. As such it is better than the standard record company promo.
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