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Rush - Beyond The Lighted Stage (2010)
Not a film per se, more rock documentary: just don't expect another Spinal Tap though!
If you're a fan of this long-serving, Canadian rock band, you probably won't learn much from this, even though it does cover almost 40 years of their existence. There are interviews aplenty from fellow rockers like Gene Simmons from Kiss, but they're more anecdotal than anything of real interest. But the consensus is that Rush are an excellent band but never quite made the mainstream, often ignored by the sniffy music media, and were still not recognised by the "Rock and Roll Hall of Fame" until 3 years after this documentary!
Over the decades their music moved away from the navel-gazing days of progrock of the 70s, the gee-whizz digital synth 80s, the sombre, moody and reflective 90s; and a return to slightly more mainstream rock & roll for the 00s. Fans will often argue long and hard which decade was Rush's best, and I guess like the band itself tastes change over time.
If you're not really a Rush fan then this film will be of little interest other than as a time-filling whimsy. But if you are a fan by all means check it out, but don't expect to learn much you didn't already know.
3/5
Not a film per se, more rock documentary: just don't expect another Spinal Tap though!
If you're a fan of this long-serving, Canadian rock band, you probably won't learn much from this, even though it does cover almost 40 years of their existence. There are interviews aplenty from fellow rockers like Gene Simmons from Kiss, but they're more anecdotal than anything of real interest. But the consensus is that Rush are an excellent band but never quite made the mainstream, often ignored by the sniffy music media, and were still not recognised by the "Rock and Roll Hall of Fame" until 3 years after this documentary!
Over the decades their music moved away from the navel-gazing days of progrock of the 70s, the gee-whizz digital synth 80s, the sombre, moody and reflective 90s; and a return to slightly more mainstream rock & roll for the 00s. Fans will often argue long and hard which decade was Rush's best, and I guess like the band itself tastes change over time.
If you're not really a Rush fan then this film will be of little interest other than as a time-filling whimsy. But if you are a fan by all means check it out, but don't expect to learn much you didn't already know.
3/5
