I Want to Destroy America

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I Want to Destroy America: The Atomic Music of Hisao Shinagawa
Directed by	Peter I. Chang
Produced by	Mitch Cullin
Starring	Hisao Shinagawa
Music by	Hisao Shinagawa
Cinematography	Peter I. Chang Mitch Cullin Masahiro Sugano
Editing by	Peter I. Chang
Distributed by	Pathfinder Pictures
Release date(s)	2006: film festivals; June 3, 2008: DVD
Running time	66 minutes
Language	English

I Want to Destroy America is a documentary film by Peter I. Chang which traces the life of the Japanese musician Hisao Shinagawa^[1] through his early years as a folk singer in Tokyo to his current occupation as a street performer in Los Angeles. The film provides a unique insight into the influence of Western popular music on the teenage youth culture of 1960s Japan, as well as an inside look at Shinagawa's struggle to survive as a songwriter after losing his recording contract in the 1980s. The title of the film comes from an off-hand comment Shinagawa makes about wanting to destroy the U.S. system.

1 Film Festival Screenings
2 DVD Release
3 DVD Specs
4 External links
5 Footnotes

[edit] Film Festival Screenings

Under its original title of Life in G-Chord^[2], the film was submitted to and selected for the Atlanta Underground Film Festival^[3] and the Santa Fe Film Festival in 2006^[4].

[edit] DVD Release

The film was acquired for DVD distribution by Pathfinder Pictures in 2007^[5].

[edit] DVD Specs

Digital transfer, letterbox presentation^[6]^[7]

Scene Index
- Main Feature: I Want To Destroy America
  - 1. Chapter 1 [8:47]
  - 2. Chapter 2 [9:28]
  - 3. Chapter 3 [10:07]
  - 4. Chapter 4 [8:42]
  - 5. Chapter 5 [5:43]
  - 6. Chapter 6 [8:13]
  - 7. Chapter 7 [12:10]
  - 8. Chapter 8 [2:51]

Extras
- Outtakes
  - Alternate Ending
  - Jackson Browne
  - Hisao Speaks
  - That's What It Is
  - Hisao Sings
- Soundtrack
  - Lovin' You (2005)
  - Yabara, Misumi, Nihon-kai (2002)
  - Rai (Reasons For) (1972)
  - Six Budda Statues (1979)
  - Give Me Water Please (1979)
  - What's Life For (1972)
  - To The North (1979)
  - Uta No Tame Ni Woody Guthrie (19720
  - Oh My Love Yamato Nadeshiko (1979)
  - The God Hisao Shinagawa (1996)
  - Stray Dog (1979)
  - I Wish I Could Yodel (1979)
  - When The Roses Are Blooming (1979)
  - Wires (1984)
  - Happy Weirdo (1983)
  - More Money More War (1981)
  - Human Computer (1984)
  - Lonesome Buddha Statue (1992)
  - Baa Baa Baa (Me Me Me) (1999)
  - Rock 'N' Roll (2006)
  - Life In A G-Chord (1999)
- Biographies
  - Director
  - Producer
- Trailer
- Still Gallery (Slideshow)