| It Might Get Loud |  | Artists: Jimmy Page, The Edge, Jack White, Bono, Michael McKean
Label: Sony Pictures
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Rating:  127 reviews
Sales Rank: 947
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Region: 99
Discs: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Running Time: 98 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: 043396315129
UPC: 043396315129
EAN: 0043396315129
ASIN: B002RVZV9K
Theatrical Release Date: 2008
Release Date: December 22, 2009
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| • | DVD | | • | Featuring The Edge (U2), Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin), and Jack White (The White Stripes) |
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Product Description
Guggenheim follows three star rock musicians for a year, exploring their musical roots and innovations on the electric guitar.
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Three generations of rock guitarists come together for It Might Get Loud, a 2009 documentary directed by Davis Guggenheim (An Inconvenient Truth). These are not just your garden-variety guitar gods: Jimmy Page, in his mid-'60s at the time of the film, founded Led Zeppelin, who dominated the 1970s following the breakup of the Beatles. As a member of U2, 48-year-old David Evans, better known as the Edge, created one of the most distinctive and influential sounds of the past quarter century. And 34-year-old Jack White (of the White Stripes, the Raconteurs, and the Dead Weather) was described by one music publication as "the most significant rock 'n' roll figure of the past ten years." Guggenheim, who followed the three around for the better part of a year, takes us into their individual lives, past and present. There are shots of Page as a young London session musician, with the Yardbirds and Zeppelin, at Headley Grange (the estate where much of the fourth Zep album was made), and at home with his record collection. The Edge takes us to the Dublin classroom where U2 first rehearsed, as well as to the practice room he uses now (never a virtuoso soloist, he developed a style based on texture and a mind-boggling array of effects); and White, whose insistence on authenticity is admirable but perhaps a tad self-conscious, constructs a "guitar" from a plank of wood, a piece of wire, and a Coke bottle (he also plays a recording by the primitive bluesman Son House, featuring just voice and handclaps, that White says is still his biggest inspiration). The three also converge on a Hollywood sound stage, where they chat and a do a little jamming on Zep's "In My Time of Dying" (with all three playing slide guitar) and the Band's "The Weight." It's hard to say if the film's appeal will extend beyond guitar freaks and fans of these particular bands, but at the very least, It Might Get Loud offers some interesting insight into the soul and inspiration behind some of pop's best and most popular music. --Sam Graham
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 Terrific Documentary About Musicians and Creativity September 5, 2010
carol irvin (United States)
What I really liked best about this documentary was that its maker really probed these three musicians endlessly about their creativity. He was dogged about finding their inspirations and their stories from the earliest days. He unearthed little known facts, which might strike one as trivia at first, but then you realize that without those idiosyncratic tics, they might not be the people they are today.
For example, Page went to art school in addition to everything else he's done. He just couldn't live if he didn't try painting, drawing, graphic design, etc., in addition to everything else he was doing in music. White grew up in a lower class section of Detroit, where he was one of the few whites, in a family of ten kids. Very few people wanted to play musical instruments in that area. They all wanted to perform rap. Yet he had so much musical equipment in his very small bedroom that he had to sleep on a foam rubber mat at an angle on the floor. The Edge is the only politically motivated one but he is in such a band, U2, with the kids he met in grade school. He takes us back to his school.
The above is just a very small sampling of what the director manages to unearth about these three musicians. I found it utterly fascinating. One other thing the director did is drop entirely the personal lives of these three as far as wives, ex-wives, girlfriends, children, etc., For all we know by the end, all three are single and childless. (I know this isn't true but from other sources.) This omission was great as there was never the temptation to veer into tabloid fodder with this material.
Loud yet not always so Loud, but always GREAT! August 28, 2010
Derek D. Harris (Temecula, CA United States)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Great exchange of 2 veterans in Page & Edge w/Jack White as a great intermediary to round out the trio. If you write music you will love to watch this over and over again to appreciate the creative process that may inspire you to press on! If you do not write music will still find a deep well of understanding & appreciation for what goes into the lives of some of the legendary guitarists!
Very enjoyable August 23, 2010
37 Packard
A rather strange trio to throw together, but what great fun to listen and watch them play together. No big revelations other than I have a lot more respect for the edge as an artist than I did before. I hope when I'm Page's age I can still play at all; the man still rocks. Jack White is a nut. "Go on!! Pick a fight with it!!!!" If you buy this movie with no expectations other than to be thoroghly entertained you'll do just fine, just get a beer, crank up the surround sound and enjoy.
 Three Great Guitarists and a Contrived Meeting Make For One Tedious DVD Experience August 23, 2010
Kevin Nieman (Moorpark, CA United States)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
This project sounded like a documentary director's wet dream project: Take three of rock music's most famous guitarists who have never met, put them on a sound stage with old chairs, a set of guitars, amps, effects, and LP records, hire about thirty camera people to document the "event," and see what happens.
Well, unfortunately, what happened was not the mind-blowing experience I was expecting. You would think that there would be more magic in the room than there was, but you cannot force magic to happen in a contrived environment. You can hope that "something" will happen, but oftentimes it's just an average experience, and that's how this DVD left me feeling. Like I had witnessed something average.
That's not to say that this DVD is worthless. It has wonderful moments of Jack White making a diddly-bow, The Edge going to his old school and showing how he works effects into his songs, and then Jimmy Page smiling like a school boy as he plays an old record from his youth.
But I so wanted their meeting to explode with magic and passion, and it just did not live up to the hype for me. While it was nice to see The Edge and Jack White seemingly in awe of Jimmy Page as the latter began the first notes of "Whole Lotta Love," one song is not enough to make their meeting worthwhile.
See it for the individual documentary pieces on the three, but don't expect any real energy or magic from their meeting because it never materializes. At least, it didn't materialize for me.
Led2Stripes August 16, 2010
Christopher Deweese (Kansas City)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
It Might Get Loud is an interesting mish mash of three different generations of guitarists and what inspired them. Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin), The Edge (U2), and Jack White (The White Stripes, The Raconteurs) take you on a trip down memory lane and explain their approach to guitar playing, along with some interesting stories of what influenced them as kids. It's a good documentary as a whole, but there are times when it seems a bit self-indulgent.
I guess the main point of the documentary is how guitar playing has evolved over the decades and how it's still relevant today. It would seem that Jimmy represented the 60's and 70's, while The Edge represented the 80's and 90's. I assume Jack White represented the 00's and whatever is to come. What is very clear is the passion these three men have for the art form. Through archival footage and interviews we get to see these guys in ways most probably haven't seen before. I was intrigued by some of the old TV footage of Jimmy Page when he was in his early teens. It was really interesting watching these three guys jam together and sort of get off on each others riffs. I particularly enjoyed the trio's rendition of "The Weight."
There are times, however, when the film feels a bit disjointed. The structure of the film is rather arbitrary, jumping from one guitarist's story to another's and then back again. Most of the film is these guys just talking about what they like. They do play occasionally, but I found that those segments were cut too short. Some of the archival footage is of them playing live, and just when they get really rockin' they cut to more interviews. What a bunch of teases.
Self-indulgence aside, if you like documentaries about music you will likely find something to enjoy in It Might Get Loud. The blu-ray version of the film looks and sounds excellent.
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