“It Might Get Loud”- A Story of Three Rock Icons and Their Guitars
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November 8, 2009
Filed under Featured A&E, Movies
As a film bringing together three legendary guitarists of rock together to share their personal stories, have a jam session, and talk about their love and passion for the electric guitar, “It Might Get Loud” is definitely not the usual rock ‘n roll documentary.
Revealing the person behind each legend is the goal of director Davis Guggenheim. Planting the audience into the minds of Jimmy Page from Led Zeppelin, The Edge from U2, and Jack Whitefrom The White Stripes, Raconteurs, and The Dead Weather, the film offers a remarkably personal experience with three of rock’s most iconic guitarists.
The film centers around January 23, 2008, a day where the three met for the first time in a Hollywood studio to have a conversation about each of their special relationships and unique experiences with the electric guitar. The discussion is also intermixed with one on one interviews, concert clips, and other rare videos of each of them, such as playing small local shows as teenagers before they really started making a name for themselves. The filmmakers were also able to add a lot of their own footage that helped the film achieve its extraordinary sense of intimacy.
The film follows Jimmy Page to his home in London, The Edge to his personal recording studio and home in Dublin, Ireland, and Jack White to his country farm and makeshift studio in Nashville,Tennessee. Each one of them is able to offer a unique perspective coming from three different generations and backgrounds.
For three men who have such a profound impact on the rock world, it is interesting to see their lives through their own eyes and discover how they found and developed their passion for the electric guitar. The audience is able to relive each artist’s past and discover how they developed their famous sounds and styles. Set to the music of the three guitarists and their bands, the film reminds me of just how legendary they truly are, which is easy to forget when I seem to be a part of their conversations, watching them sharing their experiences with me as though I am one of them living the dream.
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