Saturday, June 11, 2005

that movie about death cab for cutie

I went to the Seattle International Film Festival to see Drive Well, Sleep Carefully, a movie about Death Cab for Cutie. The director said that when he started the project, he intended it to be a concert video. However, it evolved into a documentary about the band and "being in the road".

I think that I like the band a little less now. Watching them talking about how they have played some songs 5000 times and how has been the transition from a small van to a tour bus is contradictory to the view that they have of themselves. They feel like they are a band with a long trajectory when they are still 7 years old.

However, the film was well shot and edited. The videos were very representative of the energy that they bring into to stage. The director is very talented and capable of translating the message into the screen. It's too bad that the band was not as effective in doing this.

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