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Nicolas Jack Davies
DE 2023 127'
⚬ Arts & Culture ⚬ Music
Get an all-access pass into the masterminds behind Grammy award-winning band The Mars Volta: Omar Rodriguez-Lopez and Cedric Bixler-Zavala. Whittled down from hundreds of hours of footage shot by Omar throughout their lives, the film shows the iconic duo’s journey from the hardcore scene in El Paso, Texas, to rock and roll acclaim; from growing up as minorities to their rise to success; from struggles with loss, addiction, and scientology to their blazing come-back. A uniquely personal chronicle of the life-long friendship between two era-defining artists, the film is a depiction of love, death, and inspiration – with a soundtrack that has defined a generation.
"an illuminating look at the friends’ bands, including At the Drive-In, and their resilient friendship" - Rolling Stone
"This isn’t for fans only at all."- FilmThreat
"pushes the music documentary format forward” - Variety
"unusually personal new music documentary" - The Guardian
Director | Nicolas Jack Davies |
Producer | Johann Scheerer |
Executive Producers | Sam Bridger, Alice Rhodes |
Production Company | Clouds Hill Films |
Co-Production Company | Pulse Films |
Editors | Gary Forrester, David Atkinson |
Sound | Phil Evans |
Jury Award for the Best Musical Documentary Film | Dock of the Bay Festival 2024 |
Best Music Documentary | IDA Documentary Awards 2024 |
Student Jury Award | Krakow Film Festival 2024 |
Best Feature Documentary Film | Dock of the Bay FF 2024 |
Raindance 2023 |
Gothenburg FF 2024 |
SXSW 2024 |
CPH:DOX 2024 |
IN-EDIT 2024 |
DOK.fest München 2024 |
Krakow FF 2024 |
Melbourne IFF 2024 |
FICG Guadalajara IFF 2024 |
Guanajuato FF 2024 |
Galway Film Fleadh 2024 |
Panorama of the European Film 2024 |
| Runtime | 127' |
| Spoken Languages | English, Spanish |
| Production Country | Germany |
Nicolas Jack Davies is a Grammy-nominated and highly awarded storyteller with a reputation for cinematic, innovative and emotive work, noted for both his formal inventiveness and emphasis on the humanity of his subjects, in particular their capacity to tell their own stories in their own way. Selected filmography: LOOK BACK DON'T STARE: A STORY ABOUT PROGRESS (2010), THE ROAD TO RED ROCKS (2014), RUDEBOY: THE STORY OF TROJAN RECORDS (2018), GORILLAZ: SONG MACHINE LIVE KONG (2022).
