So Wrong They're Right (1995)

User Rating:

5.6/10   

Director:

Russ Forster

Genre:

Documentary

Plot:

A documentary about obsessive 8-track tape collectors, the film documents a cross-country trip looking for those passionate few for whom the 70s never died.

Plot Keywords:

8 Track | Collector | Obsession | Misfit | Road

Cast

James Burnette	...	Himself (as James 'Big Bucks' Burnett)
Terry Burns	...	Himself (as Burnsee)
Vyto B.	...	Himself
C.G. Colson	...	Himself
Brendan DeVallance	...	Himself
Jeff Economy	...	Himself
Jean Erhardt	...	Herself
Don Fleming	...	Himself
Lynn Fuller	...	Himself
Corey Greenburg	...	Himself
Tim Hunter	...	Himself
Michael Hurley	...	Himself
Marci James	...	Herself
Bob Jordan	...	Himself
Pagan Kennedy	...	Herself
Abigail Lavine	...	Herself
Laura Levine	...	Herself
Erick Lindgren	...	Himself
Althea Loglia	...	Herself
Phil Millstein	...	Himself
Phil Milstein	...	Himself (as Phil X. Milstein)
Brendan Murphy	...	Himself
Rian Murphy	...	Himself
John Mysliwiec	...	Himself
John Peterson	...	Himself
Malcolm Riviera	...	Himself
Liz Russell	...	Herself
Jay Spiegel	...	Himself (as Jay 'Rummager' Spiegel)
Bobby Suit	...	Himself
Duane Thamm Jr.	...	Himself
Dave Vaccaro	...	Himself
Doug Von Hoppe	...	Himself
Christine Williams	...	Herself
Eric Wilson	...	Himself
Blake Wotherspoon	...	Himself

Runtime:

92 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Movie Connections:

References Across 110th Street (1972)

Not just a documentary about 8-tracks but a commentary on consumerism

I loved this documentary. I think that a person has to have one of two qualities to really like this film: (a) be sick of a society and marketplace that tells us what to consume, (b) really love music and especially music that came out before the mid-80s.

If you fit both (a) and (b) this movie just may leave you hankering to get your own 8-track and panting to start up your own 8-track tape collection. It sure did that to me! Last and only 8-track I had was something I waved goodbye to when I sold my car in 1985 (it went with the car, along with my 8-track tape collection). Looking back now, I realize that was the LAST year I REALLY enjoying listening to music in my car or at home with full enjoyable abandon.

Music on the radio took a nosedive about the same time the marketing powers-that-be deigned that all consumers must send their 8-tracks to the landfills and buy something new and digital. That may be just a coincidence, I don't know, but it just makes me hanker for 8-tracks again all the more. As several who were interviewed in this documentary said, I'm looking forward to hearing that "kah-chunk!" I shall be forever grateful to the director and producers and participants who made this film.