Metallica Monster Movie
p2pnet.net News:- Here’s a movie you won’t want to miss. It’s about Metallica, warts and all, apparently.
Metallica was one of, if not the, first high profile bands to come down on mp3 file sharing.
Four years ago it sued Napster (the orignal, that is – not the corpse Roxio dug from the grave and is now trying desperately to market), claiming p2p file swappers were illegally trading its songs online.
"It was Metallica’s lawsuit last year charging Napster with copyright infringement that launched similar suits from other artists and prompted the recording industry to clamp down on the service," says a 2001 CNNMoney item here.
Before that, it sued three universities that allowed students to use Napster, claiming they were assisting in copyright piracy.
In the meanwhile, Metallica now uses mp3 to promote its own ‘product’.
Anyway, "Some Kind of Monster chronicles three years of trials and tribulations in the Metallica camp, from bassist Jason Newsted’s departure to frontman James Hetfield’s decision to enter rehab," says Rob Williams in the Winnipeg Sun here, going on:
"More than 1,600 hours of footage was shot and distilled into a 140-minute warts-and-all movie, including intimate sessions with therapist/performance enhancement coach Phil Towle, hired by the band to help them communicate with each other."
Williams says the footage was to originally to have been used as a promo tool.
May 6th, 2004 at 10:31 pm
1600 hours?!?! WTF? NOBODY is that interesting. Particularly a bunch of boring long winded wankers like Metallica. I pitty the poor bastards who had to edit that mega-butt-load of…
Watch “This is Spinal Tap” instead. Better music.
May 6th, 2004 at 11:32 pm
Having been one of the filmmakers, I can tell you it was one of the most fascinating experiences I’ve ever had. Don’t pity me — it’s the best film we have ever made.
Joe Berlinger
Co-filmmkaer, PARADISE LOST, BROTHER’S KEEPER and
METALLICA: SOME KIND OF MONSTER
May 6th, 2004 at 11:32 pm
shut the fuck up you cocksucking faggot!
May 7th, 2004 at 3:03 pm
what a dickhead!
May 7th, 2004 at 3:34 pm
METALLICA SUCKS !!!!!!!!!!!!!
May 7th, 2004 at 6:01 pm
Sorry man, you just dont get it, Metallica sued its own fans, you can’t be more corporate than that crap. There is a hundred and one ways Metallica could have handled this better than being a showmanship piece for the RIAA for the legal representatives who dont understand technology let alone ‘young people’s interests’. Even George Bush understands about pissing on your fans/customers/voters has repercussions and needs to do some serious kissing up to make it for it….well Bush sorta get its…but Metallica never did. They spit on the fans who literally made them what they are and have forgotten their roots and now are desperately trying to rehash themselves into something they no longer are.
By the way, if your going to use your formal title and position, at least represent yourself correctly, filmmkaer is spelled filmmaker I believe, unless that is some new trendy title or rehasing it. But am just a consumer with purchasing power (yes I do buy my entertainment goods which is a lot more games and movie tickets than rentals or music), so what do I know about the trendy show business. It just sucks people like you are passing laws that make legal things illegal, such as trying to back up our own products or converting our own purchased products into different formats so we can use it on different things…(aka … CD to mp3 player…DVD to spare backup so the artwork on the original DVD doesnt get damaged)…
Customers do NOT forget, contrary to popular business belief. Please keep suing your customers and passing laws that take away our individual rights.
May 8th, 2004 at 5:03 pm
I once loved your music. Now I wish it never existed. I fed your wallets with album purchases and what have you done to return the favor? You sued people like me for listening to your music that most can’t afford to pay for (Students, and Grandparents).
I will never buy any of your music nor artists like you, nor listen to it, and I tell everyone I know not to.
I hope everyone in the world p2p swaps, posts, e-mails, downloads, and throws away your music. I hope your movie goes by the waist side like the crap it is.
Regards,
Ex-Fan
May 23rd, 2004 at 9:13 pm
Metalica burned a valuable bridge when they attacked their fans base (Napster). If they had embraced the wave of new technology and capitalized on it with mp3 file sharing they could have come out on top. But they instead took the low road and lost something they’ll never regain. The consumers/fans don’t forget and Metaliica will have to live with the fact that as much as I really liked their earlier music, I refuse to purchase or much less listen to it anymore. I do it out of principle. Hey, there are a lot of good bands out there and……. they appreciate the fact that I have a choice in who I support.
I don’t think I’m even a little bit interested in this movie. Nope, I thought I was for a moment, and then I realized I was wrong.
July 12th, 2004 at 8:18 am
Hi there, Mr. Bellinger.
I have only found out about the movie last night and I can’t wait to see it – hopefully not too long (I live in South Africa).
I have been a fan ever since I can remember and I can only imagine how incredible it must have been to be allowed into their space like that. I commend your interest to think about making the film in the first place as well as your effort to pull through with it.
Ignore ignorant idiots who knows nothing about why one wants to make such a film and who knows nothing about the band.
Blue
July 12th, 2004 at 12:27 pm
Being the band reponsible for the original lawsuit against Napster caused change in the industry. Being the original proponent for any controversial action requires tremendous inner strength to lead among all the protestations and subsequent consequences. Although not having seen the movie, but reading the comments from the band and its producers, it seems apparent that is what the movie is all about, a band with inner courage, (balls). As an artist who generates intellectual property, I.E. not waiting for someone else to do it, my hat is off to Metallica for standing up and face the strain, without which intellectual property would be worthless.
January 24th, 2005 at 7:57 am
You go bro!! Damn the man!!!