with no small amount of apprehension walking into the theater to see this, but turned out to be not annoying at all, and a pretty decent flick. for those who dont know, my own synopsis:
years of drugs and intense touring schedule catches up with successful techno guy, who after a particularly bad pill starts having psychotic/schizophrenic (film's terms) episodes -- and they get worse over a period of time. there is the trashing of the label office, a myriad of irresponsible, ego driven asshole behavior, mental institution/rehab, more drugs, losing girlfriend --- won't spoil the end here.
pretty enjoyable -- but what i want to ask is this:
(concerning emotionally engaging feature dramas) what other kind of film/narrative is possible about Techno? (german or otherwise)
the plot not only seems like the quintessential, but indeed the only kind of story that can be told about this music scene.
with a rock film for instance (taking place a few decades ago), you have a list of themes to choose from: politics, rebellion, philosophy, poetry, theater, literature, history, the cult of personality, media, rival ideological agendas, etc.
but with techno, what the hell can you make a techno drama about other than drugs and losing your mind???
i mean the only thing this music and related scene is about is Escape through aural physicality. as many have posited before, one listens to this music and go clubbing for raw sensation, and to repress emotions. there is no message, no personality, no humanity at the center -- only raw sensation and a hedonistic black hole.
and the only story arc possible is one of life involuntarily, forcefully, perhaps even violently, inevitably, returning to confront the subject and slap him in the face. welcome to the desert of the real...
(have not seen dubstep drama at all -- what those about? worth seeing or no?)
years of drugs and intense touring schedule catches up with successful techno guy, who after a particularly bad pill starts having psychotic/schizophrenic (film's terms) episodes -- and they get worse over a period of time. there is the trashing of the label office, a myriad of irresponsible, ego driven asshole behavior, mental institution/rehab, more drugs, losing girlfriend --- won't spoil the end here.
pretty enjoyable -- but what i want to ask is this:
(concerning emotionally engaging feature dramas) what other kind of film/narrative is possible about Techno? (german or otherwise)
the plot not only seems like the quintessential, but indeed the only kind of story that can be told about this music scene.
with a rock film for instance (taking place a few decades ago), you have a list of themes to choose from: politics, rebellion, philosophy, poetry, theater, literature, history, the cult of personality, media, rival ideological agendas, etc.
but with techno, what the hell can you make a techno drama about other than drugs and losing your mind???
i mean the only thing this music and related scene is about is Escape through aural physicality. as many have posited before, one listens to this music and go clubbing for raw sensation, and to repress emotions. there is no message, no personality, no humanity at the center -- only raw sensation and a hedonistic black hole.
and the only story arc possible is one of life involuntarily, forcefully, perhaps even violently, inevitably, returning to confront the subject and slap him in the face. welcome to the desert of the real...
(have not seen dubstep drama at all -- what those about? worth seeing or no?)