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Sonny Bunch's avatar

See this is another good example of a movie that I'm just not entirely sure how to review, given that I don't particularly care for or about The Talking Heads. I'm just not really a music guy! (Which goes a long way toward explaining why I don't do musicals.)

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I think that issue speaks to the question at the heart of the concert movie. I.e., what is the purpose of a concert movie? Is it supposed to be a cinematic experience or a concert experience? I feel like the purpose of the concert movie is to be a cinematic experience. The film should be able to transcend whatever preexisting affinity a person might have for an artist. If the goal is to be a concert experience, I donтАЩt think it has to reach beyond the boundaries of the artist's existing fandom. It just has to capture the feeling of a concert. If it is the latter, is the concert movie even cinema? I think those questions would make reviewing at least one of the upcoming concert movies an interesting episode of across the movie aisle.

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