YOU KNOW HARD CORE LOGO THE BOOK?! Anna, you're clearly the coolest of my real-life friends!!! <3
It's similar but not quite the same. Done in a mockumentary style (though not a comedy), it follows the band on their short reunion tour. The director of the "documentary" in the film is also actually the film's director. There's more plot than the book, and some twists which were not in the book, and IMHO, WAY FUCKING BETTER than the book. They did use the lyrics Turner wrote for a good 7 or 8 songs, which are also really good.
I've had quite a few meaty, analytical discussions about the movie, though not so many making comparisons between the book and the movie. The movie was done in Canada, and released in 1996.
I HIGHLY recommend watching the movie before reading anything about it because there are some very interesting things that would be majorly spoiled (that aren't in the book). However, if you don't care about spoilerage and you're interested in reading some very fangirlish meta and squee, you're welcome to comb through the comments in some of my HCL-tagged posts. =D
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Date: 2010-04-30 03:49 pm (UTC)It's similar but not quite the same. Done in a mockumentary style (though not a comedy), it follows the band on their short reunion tour. The director of the "documentary" in the film is also actually the film's director. There's more plot than the book, and some twists which were not in the book, and IMHO, WAY FUCKING BETTER than the book. They did use the lyrics Turner wrote for a good 7 or 8 songs, which are also really good.
I've had quite a few meaty, analytical discussions about the movie, though not so many making comparisons between the book and the movie. The movie was done in Canada, and released in 1996.
I HIGHLY recommend watching the movie before reading anything about it because there are some very interesting things that would be majorly spoiled (that aren't in the book). However, if you don't care about spoilerage and you're interested in reading some very fangirlish meta and squee, you're welcome to comb through the comments in some of my HCL-tagged posts. =D
That's Joe & Billy in my icon... \o/