Color Me Obsessed
| Color Me Obsessed | |
|---|---|
 Film poster | |
| Directed by | Gorman Bechard |
| Produced by |
Hansi Oppenheimer Gorman Bechard |
| Cinematography |
Gorman Bechard Adam Correia Sarah Hajtol |
| Edited by | Gorman Bechard |
Production company |
What Were We Thinking Films |
Release dates | 2011 |
Running time | 123 minutes |
| Country | US |
| Language | English |
Color Me Obsessed, which made its film festival debut in April, 2011, is a rockumentary by Gorman Bechard about the legendary American alternative rock band The Replacements.
Plot
Eschewing the traditional rockumentary methods of archival performance and interviews, director Gorman Bechard instead relies on fans to tell the story of The Replacements. Some of these fans are more well known than others, as members of Hüsker Dü, The Goo Goo Dolls, The Hold Steady, The Decemberists, The Gaslight Anthem, Babes in Toyland, and many other famous musicians retrace the band's story from their humble beginnings in Minneapolis to their legendary onstage breakup on July 4, 1991. The heart of the story, though, comes from "ordinary" fans. Some saw the band hundreds of times during their tenure; others only saw a show or two. Bechard not only covers the highs of their early shows and recordings, he also honestly discusses the controversial firing of guitarist Bob Stinson and the gradual softening of their sound. According to The Village Voice it's the "rock version of Rashomon (film).[1]" While David Browne in Rolling Stone called it one of "the seven best new music documentaries of the year."[2]
The film is being distributed by MVD Entertainment, and was released on DVD in November 2012. It is also available on iTunes, Hulu, and Video-on-Demand.[3]
Release
Film screenings included the following:
- Tampa, Florida - Gasparilla International Film Festival, March 26, 2011
- Madison, Wisconsin - Wisconsin Film Festival, March 5, 2011
- Chicago, Illinois - CIMMfest 2011, April 15, 2011
- Boston, Massachusetts - Independent Film Festival Boston, April 28, 2011[4]
- Minneapolis, Minnesota - Sound Unseen Festival, May 4 & 5, 2011
- Duluth, Minnesota - Sound Unseen International Duluth Film & Music Festival, June 11, 2011
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada - NXNE Festival and Conference, June 17
- Calgary, Alberta, Canada - Sled Island Music and Arts Festival, June 21, 2011
- San Francisco, California - Frozen Film Festival, July 9, 2011
- Boulder, Colorado - DocuWest, September 2011
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Philly Film & Music Festival, September 24, 2011
- Bay City, Michigan - Hell's Half Mile, September 30, 2011
- Seattle, Washington - Northwest Film Festival, October 21, 22, and 23, 2011
- Los Angeles, California - Downtown Independent, November 3 and 4, 2011
- New Orleans, Louisiana - Zeitgeist Cinema, January 20 and 21, 2012
- Albuquerque, New Mexico - Guild Cinema, January 26 through February 1, 2012
- Washington, DC - Black Cat Bar, March 9, 2012
- Melbourne, Australia - Gerschwin Room, March 29, 2012
- Stockholm, Sweden - Bio Rio, April 12, 201
- Atlanta, Georgia - The Earl Bar, April 12, 2012
- Providence, Rhode Island - Cable Car Cinema, April 21, 2012
- Austin, Texas - Alamo Drafthouse, April 30, 2012
- Columbus, Ohio - Reelin' & Rockin' at Gateway Film Center, October 17, 2012
- Cleveland, Ohio - Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, December 12, 2012[5]
References
- ↑ Gerstenzang, Peter (16 November 2011). "A Replacements Doc With No Replacements Music: Color Me Obsessed". [me-obsessed/ The Village Voice.
- ↑ http://www.rollingstone.com/music/pictures/the-seven-best-new-music-documentaries-of-the-year-20110311/color-me-obsessed-a-film-about-the-replacements-72aa249
- ↑ http://www.amazon.com/The-Replacements-Color-Obsessed-About/dp/B0091JJ24Q/ref=sr_1_6?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1393896313&sr=1-6&keywords=Gorman+Bechard
- ↑ http://www.iffboston.org/past/filmlist.php?year=2011
- ↑ http://rockhall.com/event/film-screening-of-color-me-obsessed/
- GormanBechard, Color Me Obsessed at Filmmaker Magazine
External links
Reception
Critical reception
- Rolling Stone named it "one of the 7 best documentaries of the year".
- Pop Matters named it "one of the Top 5 most anticipated music documentaries".
- Chart Attack rated it 4.5 out of 5 stars, describing it as a "love letter to music
- Vinyl Me, Please wrote: "It’s pretty damn ballsy to make a documentary about a band and not include any interviews with or footage of that band, but somehow it’s a perfect fit for Color Me Obsessed: A Film About The Replacements. How do you cover a band that never took the easy way out of anything? Well, you tie one hand behind your own back as a filmmaker and see what happens, I guess. In this case, the constraint (a means of saving money, maybe?) results in a uniquely affecting film that has to be seen to be believed, and you should definitely check it out."[1]
- Filmmaker (magazine) wrote: "Gorman Bechard’s Color Me Obsessed is the rare music documentary that lavishes admiration not only onto its subject, rowdy Minneapolis cult rock band The Replacements, but on the band’s fans as well."[2]
- PopDose said: "It seemed like an impossible task: Can you tell the story of a band without interviewing any of its members or using any of its music? If you’re Gorman Bechard, the writer/director/producer of Color Me Obsessed: A Film About The Replacements, the answer is a resounding yes."[3]
- ↑ "Watch the Tunes: Color Me Obsessed -". 2016-07-01. Retrieved 2016-07-09.
- ↑ Schoenbrun, Dan. "Gorman Bechard on Color Me Obsessed | Filmmaker Magazine". Retrieved 2016-07-09.
- ↑ "Film Review: Color Me Obsessed". 2011-05-10. Retrieved 2016-07-09.