If All Goes Wrong – Documentary Review
4.9 out of 5.0 stars
If All Goes Wrong traces the Smashing Pumpkins through their 19 show residency, starting in Asheville, NC and finishing at the historic Fillmore in San Fransisco in 2007. The film sets-out to capture what all goes into performing and writing new songs everyday in residencies, combined with what the band is going through in their return after being broken up for 7 years.
The documentary does an outstanding job getting into the nitty-gritty of this experience. The extraordinary challenge of Billy Corgan writing a song, in which he would perform at the show the same evening, presents the life-line of the film. The geniune musical vibe resulting is pure, and a shining glimmer of hope in the celebrity infested Nickleback music industry. Unfortunately, our “i-tunes” music industry has infested many of us. The social experiment that If All Goes Wrong exemplifies is that music can be real and it can help people give more geniune meaning to their lives. A “we are all in this together”, statement, “so lets make the best of it”. Billy Corgan is able to create some amazing music from this experience, highlighted by the self-portrait like ballad, The Rose March.
You do not have to be a pumpkin head aka “The Ghost Children” to appreciate this documentary. However, you must be willing to ask yourself the question that when all does go wrong, where does that leave us?
www.ifallgoeswrong.com
The DVD set, released November 11th 2008, also comes with The Fillmore Residency Concert DVD.
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November 11th, 2008 at 4:36 pm
Sweet. This sounds very cool. I’m excited to check it out.
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November 11th, 2008 at 5:10 pm
There are some shots of the crowds in Asheville from the right side of the stage. I suppose we could be in the film!!!
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November 11th, 2008 at 10:48 pm
Seems pretty cool to me. Did you get it on DVD? If so, I’ll have to borrow it.
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December 17th, 2008 at 9:45 am
I watched almost all of the documentary (going to finishe the last 3 parts tonight) and it is really awesome!
Very well produced. Very well directed. I love the different camera angles for the interviews. It is cool to be watching fans talk to billy on one half of the screen set up far enough away that you can see both of them then on the right side of the screen another camera has a close up of billy so you can really see his facial features as they talk.
also the packagine of the dvd’s was really cool and well done also!
A really interesting look at these shows and how different the experience from tame asheville to the hub bub that is san francisco and the reaction from the media at both places.
I can’t wait to watch the rest of it and watch the concert portion!
I expected it to be good and it probably exceeded those ecpectations!
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