Air Guitar Nation (2006)

User Rating:

7.2/10   

Director:

Alexandra Lipsitz

Release Date:

6 October 2007 (Japan)

Genre:

Documentary | Biography | Comedy | Music

Tagline:

To Air is Human

Plot:

It's time to rock and roll - air guitar style. AIR GUITAR NATION is the feature documentary about the year that air guitar swept America...

Plot Keywords:

Guitar | Air Guitar | Contestant | Contest | Finland

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Dan Crane	...	Björn Türoque
David S. Jung	...	C-Diddy (as David Jung)
Hadia Ackerman	...	Jam Toast
Lance Kasten	...	The Shred
Ryan Kelly	...	Himself
John Filion	...	Johnny Rocket
Ralph Martin	...	Rufus Sewer
John Daniel Harding Jr.	...	Himself
Lucy Harrison	...	Snatchface
Rory O'Flaherty	...	Air do well
Craig Zahler	...	Czar
Paul Fichera	...	Himself
Erika Szanto	...	Herself
Elana Berkowitz	...	Herself
Melinda Murphy	...	Herself

MPAA:

Rated R for some language and brief nudity.

Runtime:

USA:81 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:R | Singapore:NC-16 | Sweden:Btl | Japan:PG-12 | UK:15 | Finland:K-3 | Australia:M

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Docurama

Soundtrack:

Air Guitar Nation (Theme)

What you can't see...

In a genre that has been over-inundated with highly political and overly depressing fare for the past several years, a documentary like "Air Guitar Nation" is a welcome change, albeit one you might not likely talk about with others. "Air Guitar Nation" does for the peculiar rocker nerd what "Spellbound" did for the quiet word nerd. It raises them above expectation and stereotype, at least to a point.

For those completely out of the loop, air guitar is many things. Perhaps it is what dorks who can't play guitar do when listening to power chord heavy rock music, or perhaps it is a performance art in the family of pantomime or lip synching, or perhaps even the purist completely anti-corporate art form that exists. Fashion photographer Alexandra Lipsitz, whose main credits stem from Bravo's "Project Runway", has assembled a film about the first ever Air Guitar Championships in the United States which drew an unexpected huge crowd in downtown New York in 2003. After the National Champion was crowned, it was off to the International event in Finland where things are taken very seriously.

"Air Guitar Nation" is a well-made documentary that presents an unbiased look at an often misunderstood subculture that may rekindle rock and roll passion in it's audience as well as embarrassment for watching something about a bunch of adults (men and women, by the way) pretending to play invisible instruments.