I Am Trying to Break Your Heart (film)
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Directed by | Sam Jones |
Produced by | Peter Abraham Sam Jones |
Starring | Jeff Tweedy John Stirratt Leroy Bach Glenn Kotche Jay Bennett Tony Margherita |
Music by | Wilco |
Editing by | Erin Nordstrom |
Distributed by | Cowboy Pictures Plexifilm |
Release date(s) | 2002 |
Running time | 92 minutes |
Language | English |
IMDb profile |
I Am Trying to Break Your Heart: A Film About Wilco is a black-and-white documentary film by Sam Jones which follows the American alt-country rock band Wilco through the creation and distribution of their fourth studio album Yankee Hotel Foxtrot. The film provides a unique insight into the politics of bands and their record labels, as well as an inside look at Wilco during the creation of what many critics describe as a landmark album. The title of the film shares its name with the first track of Yankee Hotel Foxtrot.
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[edit] Overview of Film
With Wilco coming to near completion of their album Yankee Hotel Foxtrot conflict arises between the band and its record label Reprise a division of the Warner Music Group. The label was concerned with how to market the new album, as a consequence Reprise rejected the work, and dropped Wilco from the label.
Wilco, with a completed album and no record contract decided to make the album available on the internet via their website WilcoWorld. Awareness of the new album was becoming apparent and Wilco's profile was rising. As a response to this, another record label Nonesuch Records offers Wilco a new record contract. Nonesuch Records is a Warner Bros. Records subsidiary, so essentially Wilco were paid twice for the album by the same record company.
Other events entail the breakdown of the relationship between Jeff Tweedy and Jay Bennett, and Tweedy's debilitating migraines.
[edit] Film Festival Screenings
The film was submitted to and selected as part of the 'Official Selections of the Los Angeles, London and Stockholm International Film Festivals in 2002.
[edit] DVD Specs
(Note that there are two versions of the film on DVD: The original two-disc set, and a newer version which omits Disc 2 and is generally less expensive.)
Disc 1
- The film (digital transfer, 16x9 anamorphic presentation)
- Feature commentary from director Sam Jones and Wilco
- Original theatrical trailer
- English subtitles for the hearing impaired
Disc 2
- Over 70 minutes of extra footage, featuring 17 additional Wilco songs, alternate versions of songs from Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, live concert performances and new unreleased songs
- I Am Trying To Make A Film making-of featurette
Plus:
- Deluxe 40-page booklet with filmmaker's diary, exclusive photos and liner notes from Rolling Stone's David Fricke
[edit] DVD Disc 2 bonus track listing
- "Pot Kettle Black" *
- "Busy Bee Monkey Song" (also known as "Monkey Mess")
- "Why Would You Wanna Live"
- "Pieholden Suite" *
- "Acuff-Rose"
- "Please Tell My Brother"
- "Cars Can't Escape" *
- "I'm the Man Who Loves You" *
- "Magazine Called Sunset"
- "Wait Up"
- "Radio Cure" *
- "Monday"
- "Not for the Season"
- "Sunken Treasure"
All songs written by Jeff Tweedy, except as noted *, written by Jeff Tweedy and Jay Bennett
[edit] External links
- Wilco's official website
- I Am Trying to Break Your Heart at the Internet Movie Database
- I Am Trying to Break Your Heart at BoxOfficeMojo
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