I saw a free screening of It's All Gone Pete Tong last night. Though the trailer seemed to market it as a mockumentary, this ended up being a 2nd-rate junkie movie. now, I have to admit, I don't typically like junkie movies since I have little reason to care about characters who mess up their lives by getting addicted to blow...however, the main DJ character was presented as such a bumbling idiot with zero redeeming qualities from the beginning, that no one in the theater seemed to give a damn. 95% of the intended funny dialogue had zero response from the audience.
to break it down, this movie tried to be three things. in the first third, a mockumentary. the 2nd third, a junkie movie. the last third a sappy romance where everything works out in the end. it failed miserably at all of them.
my favorite part is when Frankie, the DJ, has this amazing revelation that he can match beats by sight using these animated waveforms which appear on his laptop screen. it seems as though everyone involved in this film has magically forgotten about the existence of BPM counters for the past 5+ years (most club DJ mixers already have them built-in these days). i also like how he straps his feet to a pair of subs to help him "feel the bass", when in actuality a sub's cabinet would be the last thing in the room to vibrate.
the only thing this film had going for it was the production quality. they did a good job of giving us the DJ's perspective and letting us hear what he hears while mixing records, though i never once saw a pitch control anywhere.
you'll probably check this out anyway just because it's about a club DJ but it's a real stinker. as the marketing people stood outside asking the audience how the movie was, most people didn't say anything.
to break it down, this movie tried to be three things. in the first third, a mockumentary. the 2nd third, a junkie movie. the last third a sappy romance where everything works out in the end. it failed miserably at all of them.
my favorite part is when Frankie, the DJ, has this amazing revelation that he can match beats by sight using these animated waveforms which appear on his laptop screen. it seems as though everyone involved in this film has magically forgotten about the existence of BPM counters for the past 5+ years (most club DJ mixers already have them built-in these days). i also like how he straps his feet to a pair of subs to help him "feel the bass", when in actuality a sub's cabinet would be the last thing in the room to vibrate.
the only thing this film had going for it was the production quality. they did a good job of giving us the DJ's perspective and letting us hear what he hears while mixing records, though i never once saw a pitch control anywhere.
you'll probably check this out anyway just because it's about a club DJ but it's a real stinker. as the marketing people stood outside asking the audience how the movie was, most people didn't say anything.