I Am Trying to Break Your Heart (2002)

User Rating:

7.4/10   

Director:

Sam Jones

Genre:

Documentary | Music

Plot:

First-time filmmaker and award-winning photographer Sam Jones documents the recording of Wilco's album, "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot."

Plot Keywords:

Record Company | Music Business | Employment Dismissal | Rock Music | Musician

Cast

Jeff Tweedy	...	Himself
John Stirratt	...	Himself
Leroy Bach	...	Himself
Glenn Kotche	...	Himself
Jay Bennett	...	Himself
Greg Kot	...	Himself
Tony Margherita	...	Himself
Fred Armisen	...	Himself
Wes Orshoski	...	Himself
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Bill Bentley
David Bither
Lin Brehmer
Chris Brickley
Ken Coomer	...	Himself
David Fricke
Chris Green
Josh Greir
Daniel Herbst
Howie Klein
Miiri Kotche
Marty Lennartz
Fred Longberg Holm
Ron Lowe
Susan Miller Tweedy
Jim O'Rourke
Jonathan Parker
Jason Tobias
Sam Tweedy
Spencer Tweedy
Jonathan Valania

Runtime:

92 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White | Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Certification:

USA:Unrated

Filming Locations:

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Company:

Bona Fide Productions

Trivia:

At one point on the DVD director's commentary with Sam Jones and Wilco, during one of the confrontations between Jeff Tweedy and Jay Bennett, the whole band walks out, leaving Jones to explain the dynamic of their relationships.

Movie Connections:

References Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)

My all-time favorite documentary

Firstly I confess I am a huge Wilco fan and might be a little biased based on that! I've seen a few documentaries that follow around a band and try to capture something worthy of a feature-length documentary(radiohead's documentary 'meeting people is easy' for one example) and I'm always disappointed at how little band access they seem to have. This time, I didn't have that feeling at all. I think that Jeff Tweedy and the rest of wilco were really open and let us into their world. The story is told in such a way that you don't even realize that there is a story for the first thirty minutes or so. I like that. I don't think the story of wilco's best album could have been told any other way. If you hate the record industry, if you love great music, if you like a documentary filmmaker who knows how to keep his subject and not himself as the focus of his film (Michael Moore take note!) Then this is the film for you. It feature some amazing wilco concert footage that will make you fall in love with the band if you aren't already!