loudQUIETloud: A Film About the Pixies (2006)

Directors:

Steven Cantor (co-director)
Matthew Galkin (co-director)

Release Date:

3 February 2007 (Japan)

Genre:

Documentary | Music

Cast

Frank Black	...	Charles "Black Francis" Thompson
Kim Deal	...	Herself
David Lovering	...	Himself
Joey Santiago	...	Himself

Runtime:

85 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Australia:M | Portugal:M/6 | Germany:o.Al.

Filming Locations:

New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Cactus Three

the film says nothing that the music does not

The Pixies are a real phenomenon in the history of rock. While they were young in the 80s and beginning of the 90s they did not enjoy too much success, and it can be said that their legend and influence started to build only at the moment when they split. Twelve years later, in 2004 they decided to get back together after a series of individual failures that seemed to bring all of them on the brink of personal and financial bankruptcy. The film tells very little about their first period of activity and focuses on Act 2 of their career.

It is not that it tells too much we do not know from the music of the group. The Pixies are great musicians, decent human being and poor communicators. We do not learn from the documentary too much about the sources of their music, we do not understand why despite the success of their second career and despite of them writing music for their individual careers there was and there is no new album since they reunited. We learn something about their personal lives, but frankly speaking what we hear is not interesting or revealing. Music remains the best part of this film.