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IT
MIGHT
GET
LOUD
With
Jimmy
Page,
The
Edge,
Jack
White
Directed
by Davis
Guggenheim
The
electric
guitar
has
been
a staple
of rock
music
for
longer
than
many
of our
parents
have
been
alive.
Davis
Guggenheim,
the
award-winning
director
of An
Inconvenient
Truth
took
up the
challenge
to explore
this
phenomenally
influential
instrument,
but
not
in a
straightforward
manner.
What
he and
the
producers
did
was
to pick
three
vastly
different
guitar
players
from
three
generations
and
dig
into
their
backgrounds,
styles
and
individual
personae,
and
the
way
it speaks
through
their
music.
These
guitarists
are
Jimmy
Page
(The
Yardbirds
&
Led
Zeppelin),
The
Edge
(U2),
and
Jack
White
(The
White
Stripes
&
The
Raconteurs).
They
each
reveal
their
influences
and
approach
to the
electric
guitar
in their
own
unique
and
individual
ways,
but
also
in a
special
meeting
where
these
three
prominent
figures
got
together
to talk
about
this
piece
of musical
engineering
mainly
consisting
of wood,
metal,
plastic
and
some
basic
electronics,
but
having
produced
a multitude
of unique
songs,
feelings,
moods
and
memories
by thousands
of musicians
in the
past
(and
an infinity
more
to come).
The
stories
conveyed,
backgrounds
revealed,
dissected
analysis,
experiences
shared
(and
of course
the
gleaming
instruments
and
distinct
rock
sounds
of each)
is a
guitar
junkie’s
dream
(from
White's
stripped
down,
raw
approach,
to The
Edge's
clinically
precise
FX applications).
What
you
get
is not
just
a talking
doccie,
but
while
the
words
are
engrossing,
enlightening,
and
entertaining,
naturally
there
is a
lot
of music
from
these
highly
individual
players
(and
others
they
admire),
making
this
not
only
a spectacular
treat
for
guitar
fans,
but
for
anyone
who
consider
themselves
to be
interested
in music
(of
whatever
genre).
This
is a
remarkable
uniting
of three
highly
influential
musicians
and
makes
for
great
entertainment
(whether
you're
a music
fan
or not).
Essential
viewing.
Extra
features
include
deleted
scenes,
the
press
conference
at the
Toronto
Film
Festival
(with
all
the
makers
and
guitarists
present),
and
a producer
&
director
commentary
track.
PS.
It Might
Get
Loud
got
a global
theatrical
release,
but
in South
Africa
went
straight
to DVD.
The
only
opportunity
people
got
to see
this
in the
cinema
was
via
the
Sound
On Screen
Music
Film
Festival
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