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I Need That Record! (2008)
Director: Brendan Toller
Cast: Glenn Branca, Pat Carney, Noam Chomsky, Chris Frantz
Runtime77 min
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Guerilla filmmaker Brendan Toller unleashes I NEED THAT RECORD! THE DEATH (OR POSSIBLE SURVIVAL) OF THE INDEPENDENT RECORD STORE, "an elegy for a vanishing subculture...a lively, bittersweet film that examines - with caustic humor, brutal candor, and, ultimately, great affection - why roughly 3,000 indie record stores have closed across the nation over the past decade," (Johnathan Perry, Boston Globe). A tour-de-force tale of greed, media consolidation, homogenized radio, big box stores, downloading, and technological shifts in the music industry told through candid interviews, crestfallen record store owners, startling statistics, and eye-popping animation. Fat cats or our favorite record stores? You decide. Featuring- IAN MACKAYE, NOAM CHOMSKY, MIKE WATT, THURSTON MOORE, LENNY KAYE (Patti Smith), CHRIS FRANTZ (Talking Heads), GLENN BRANCA, PATTERSON HOOD (Drive By Truckers), PAT CARNEY (Black Keys) , LEGS MCNEIL, BOB GRUEN, BP HELIUM, and many indie record stores across the U.S.
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Fans of insightful documentaries will appreciate I Need That Record! (2008), director Brendan Toller's poignant exploration of the decline of independent record stores. Featuring candid interviews with music luminaries like Noam Chomsky and Pat Carney, this film provides a compelling, humorous, and bittersweet look at the impact of industry consolidation and technology on a beloved cultural institution.
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I Need That Record! The Death of the Independent Record Store is 2008 documentary film directed by Brendan Toller and distributed by Music Video Distributors. The project began as Toller's undergraduate thesis at Hampshire College in Amherst, MA.
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