The Beach Boys: Making Pet Sounds (2017)
*** (out of 4)
Brian Wilson, Mike Love, Al Jardine, Bruce Johnston, David Marks, journalists and members of The Wrecking Crew are interviewed about the landmark album Pet Sounds. This documentary talks about the various things that were happening to The Beach Boys including Brian Wilson dropping off their tour and how this led to them creating this masterpiece album.
There have been quite a few documentaries on the making of this album and even more documents highlighting what The Beach Boys were able to do during their era. If you're a fan of the album or of the band then you'll certainly enjoy this documentary even though it really doesn't feature anything new. What's great about this is that the majority of the people behind the album are interviewed here including Brian Wilson who sits at his piano and tells his stories as well as plays some tunes.
Some of the highlights including the fighting that happened during the production and especially between Love and Wilson when it came to a certain song and what its meaning was. The drug use and what influence it had on the album is discussed as is the final album and the way it was accepted.