Author/director Cameron Crowe’s love for music has been an important part of his work since his days as a teenager writing. Rolling Stonebut important texts to understand that there is no passion ever. It was rediscovered more than 40 years later, Heartbreakers Beach Party -Crow’s initial efforts as a director have breathed new life into intimate portraits of Tom Petty and the Heartbreaker, as rediscovered, remastered, and seen through the eyes of a great rock journalist.
in fact, Heartbreakers Beach Party It opens by charging as a “profile by Cameron Crowe” rather than as a documentary. The clear intent is to deliver video versions of the kind of cover stories that Crowe wrote. Rolling Stone Until that point. With a focus primarily on filming footage from 1982 and 1983 (even older live shows footage), the camera is not often on Tom Petty’s face.
MTV aired the documentary only once in February 1983 (according to the film’s official website) “The film was considered too experimental and suddenly drawn out of the air.” The experiment is an accurate explanation, but the meandering may be something else.
Surrounded by “profile,” it brings many ideas about the difference between thousands of words of print journalism and the filmed hour-long interview and off-cuff footage. The latter provides more immediacy and intimacy, while the former provides benefits from the author’s hands to guide actions. Crowe suffers from the lack of a story drive despite being literally on a petite screen throughout the document – Heartbreakers Beach Party A mere hour length within that time frame tends to meander a bit, resulting in an interesting collection of clips (particularly in the middle) in contrast to the consistent narrative about the band at this point.
But the clips are really shining. It’s a bit of a trivial composition of the stupid Lilditti on the bus under the title “I’m Stumpy” (you can see the clip here thanks to the band’s Facebook page). There are some minor things addressed to a crowd of UCLA students about album prices. Rockstars who claim to become characters have a small call to bullshit. Working with Stevie Nicks, I’m working on recording “Stop Draggin ‘My Heart Round.”
And then there’s footage of the 2am hangout between Crow and Petty. Meanwhile, Petty declares, “Go here, Cameron is all the dirty truth.”
There are several intercut core interviews throughout the film, the most dominant of which are the petite and crows sitting in the back seat of the limousine as they roll around Los Angeles. Even the choice to ride a limousine would be revealed about Petty as a rock star at the time. He admits it’s a “pretty unpleasant way of traveling,” but he may enjoy it. He further said, “I don’t need to ride an old Ford to be sure I’m from the street.”
This is probably not the last time Crow tried to direct a musical documentary – he made it in 2011 too. Pearl Jam 20to celebrate the band’s 20th anniversary, he technically directed this with the help of Doug Dowdle and Phil Savenick (two other credit directors). Crow is very present in the action here, but that’s not the way he draws focus from his subject. It reminds me of one of the most famous monologues he has ever written. It’s almost famous:
you you can’t Make friends with rock stars… If you become a true journalist, if you become a rock journalist, first of all, you won’t get paid much. However, you can get free records from the record company. Fuckin ‘nothin’ about you, controversial. God, that will become ugly. And they are going to buy you a drink, you are going to meet the girls, they will try to fly your place for free, they will provide you with medicine. I know, that’s great. But these people are not your friends. You know, these are the people you want to write sacred stories about rock star geniuses, and they ruin rock and roll and strangle everything we love about it. right? And it will just become an industry – cool.
in Heartbreakers Beach PartyCrowe appears to have been ten years into her career as a music journalist and has internalized these lessons to some degree. What he learned is the way I think Like friends in the band, it allows for the most honest and obvious moments of the film. But there are enough fans to feel like the film is ultimately celebrating their work. Because music is always there. And so far, there’s something about the way the Heartbreakers are shaking.
Tom Petty: Heartbreakers Beach Party Currently streaming on Paramount+.
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