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On 10-1-2016 at 7:30 AM, RelentlessOblivion said:

Those books were my introduction to horror. As an eight year old kind of scary but I don't need to see the movie.

Except the nostalgia factor, you won't miss much. Typical, average American movie.

Yesterday I saw 'Flowers'. A lot of gore, no dialogues or something alike and a nice "plot twist" makes this horror movie something unique. It's weird, it will play with your mind etc. Great job.

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11 hours ago, RelentlessOblivion said:

Is this a documentary or an actual film? Either way it sounds like something I would enjoy.

The Wrecking Crew is a documentary made by the son of Tommy Tedesco. Tommy Tedesco was a sessions guitar player who was on something like seven consecutive album of the year albums. The wrecking crew was what the producers at the time called the short list of musicians responsible for an unbelievable amount of iconic hits from that era.

Tommy-Tedesco-promo-photo.jpg Also loads of TV and Movie soundtracks. The documentary was made in '96 I think, and is mostly interviews and conversations. It's a cool glimpse of LA music production from Capital records and Gold Star Studios and other studios I guess . It's not always clear what they are talking about exactly, but it's fun.

Gold-Star-Studios.jpg It's not a masterpiece of documentary film making, but the subject matter is top notch.

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I wouldn't tar all American films with the same brush but by and large they are indeed much of a muchness. This film you mention however does sound interesting.

Oh I know, there are definitely great movies from the United States, like the afore mentioned Flowers (which I really recommend to watch, as longs as you have a strong stomach and you can handle some weirdness). But oh well, you know what I mean :D 

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Actually watching Such Hawks Such Hounds now. It does explore doom quite well. It's interesting to note the influence of punk bands on the genre. It seems that there's actually a huge amount of influence from outside metal.

Yeah, Saint Vitus was signed to SST Records, which was owned by Greg Ginn of Black Flag. They also covered Black Flag's Thirsty and Miserable, and Black Flag would move in a more metallic direction on their album Damaged, which was a big influence on sludge metal. Lee Dorrian founded Cathedral after being into punk for much of his musical upbringing and fronting Napalm Death. There are plenty more examples, obviously, but metal and punk have always been closely intertwined. The results of this have mostly been positive, as long as the scourge of pop music stays out of the union.

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Overall I'd give Such Hawks Such Hounds 7/10. What it covers - the evolution of stoner doom, stoner rock, grunge, and drone - it deals with in great detail. The notable omissions of funeral doom and doom/death paired with the brief attention given to traditional doom detract from this film a bit. It is also not always clear what is being discussed as this is a series of interviews with no narration and only the odd title to ive any indication of subject matter.

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Overall I'd give Such Hawks Such Hounds 7/10. What it covers - the evolution of stoner doom, stoner rock, grunge, and drone - it deals with in great detail. The notable omissions of funeral doom and doom/death paired with the brief attention given to traditional doom detract from this film a bit. It is also not always clear what is being discussed as this is a series of interviews with no narration and only the odd title to ive any indication of subject matter.

I actually prefer more free-form documentaries though. When there is no narrative, it can go in what seems to be a more honest direction, instead of trying to prove some kind of hypothesis or agenda of the director. It also seems to provide a more varied outlook, and seems to give a larger detailing of the reality that it focuses on.

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It certainly feels more organic then something like Metal: A Headbanger's Journey. It also touches on everything from what inspires the music to the attitude of musicians to their artwork, how they struggle making ends meet playing an outsider music, drug use, it's pretty interesting really.

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