Awesome; I Fuckin 'Shot That!
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| German title | Awesome; I Fuckin 'Shot That! |
| Original title | Awesome; I Fuckin 'Shot That! |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2006 |
| length | 90 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 0 |
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| Director | MCA (as Nathanial Hörnblowér) |
| production | Jon Doran, Nathanial Hörnblowér |
| music | Beastie Boys |
| camera | 50 fans |
| cut | Neal Usatin |
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Awesome; I Fuckin 'Shot That! is a concert film by the Beastie Boys . It documents an appearance that took place in New York City in 2004. It was filmed by 50 previously selected fans from the audience . Awesome; I Fuckin 'Shot That! is subtitled An Authorized Bootleg .
concert
The concert that in Awesome; I Fuckin 'Shot That! seen and heard took place on October 9, 2004 at Madison Square Garden . The Beastie Boys played songs from all six albums released by then - Licensed to Ill , Paul's Boutique , Check Your Head , Ill Communication , Hello Nasty and To the 5 Boroughs :
- Intro - Mix Master Mike
- Triple trouble
- Sure shot
- Root Down
- Hello Brooklyn
- Time to Get Ill
- All lifestyles
- Pass the mic
- Shake your rump
- Interlude - Mix Master Mike
- Sabrosa
- Ricky's Theme
- Something's Got to Give
- An Open Letter to NYC
- Right Right Now Now
- Paul Revere
- Body moving
- Three MC's and One DJ
- Brass monkey
- So what'cha want
- Ch-Check it Out
- Intergalactic ( encore )
- Gratitude (encore)
- Sabotage (encore)
In the songs that are more likely to be assigned to hip-hop , the Beastie Boys could only be heard on microphones . For the songs that contain elements of funk or hardcore , MCA , Adrock and Mike D also played instruments . They were accompanied by sidemen throughout the concert :
- MCA: rap , bass
- Adrock: rap, guitar
- Mike D: Rap, drums
- Mix Master Mike : Turntables
- Money Mark : Keyboard
- Alfredo Ortiz : Percussion
- Doug E. Fresh : Beatboxing
Movie
Awesome was filmed ; I Fuckin 'Shot That! mostly from fans. In the run-up to the concert, the Beastie Boys asked ticket holders to apply for this job on their website. From those interested, they then selected the 50 who, taken together, offered the most diverse perspectives possible in the sold-out Madison Square Garden . These fans were then equipped with Hi8 cameras and received a brief briefing before the concert began, which essentially went as follows: “There is only one rule - you can rock out, do what you want - just film. If you don't look, it doesn't matter; but when the lights go out, you press the magical red button. ”True to this announcement, the fans not only documented what was happening on the stage and in the auditorium, but also what was happening at the drinks stands and in the toilet cubicles. The pictures are mostly very blurred and a little blurry, sometimes they also contain the date and time of the automatic camera. The recordings of the 50 amateurs are supplemented by those of two professional tour cameramen who show the Beastie Boys and their sidemen, among other things, backstage . In addition, Manhattan can be seen from the perspective of an incoming helicopter in the title sequence of the film.
To their astonishment, the Beastie Boys got all the cameras given to the fans back after the concert; however, they had also asked for their driver's license as a deposit. Viewing the recordings on the cameras took about a year. In post-production , these images were optically modified with various effects, cut together and then underlaid with the separately recorded soundtrack of the concert. The cost of producing the film was approximately $ 1,000,000.
The original idea for Awesome; I Fuckin 'Shot That! Comes from MCA: “Someone had uploaded a grainy 30-second cell phone video of us on stage to our website. And I found that it captured the energy of the show very well. Most concert films, especially the modern ones on MTV and VH1 , never caught the energy that well. But this clip somehow did it. ”As Nathanial Hörnblowér, MCA was also the director and producer of Awesome; I Fuckin 'Shot That! - To do this, he resorted to the resources of the Oscilloscope Laboratories film company he founded .
movie theater
Official cinema premiere celebrated Awesome; I Fuckin 'Shot That! in March 2006 at South by Southwest ; however, it was shown at the Sundance Film Festival in January of the same year .
The film grossed around $ 18,000 in the US on the opening weekend in early April 2006.
DVD
Between 2006 and 2009 it was Awesome; I Fuckin 'Shot That! Released on DVD in several countries by various labels . In the US, the film was in 2006 by ThinkFilm and Lions Gate as Awesome; I ... Shot That! published. In Germany it was published in 2007 by Polyband under the original title; a 2009 issue of the music magazine Visions included the film as a free DVD.
The German version of the DVD contains the following extras:
- A Day In The Life of Nathanial Hörnblowér ( Mockumentary )
- Never Stop Rapping Yet ( original collage)
- Show intros ( skits )
- Enter Jerome Crooks ′ Angry World ( report )
- Big-Time Hollywood Trailer ( Trailer )
reception
The New York Times was about Awesome; I Fuckin 'Shot That! to read that in his best moments he captures the energy of the show in all parts of the arena and in his worst moments he looks like a "cell phone camera with an epileptic seizure".
The music magazine Rolling Stone leads the film in a list of the "40 greatest rock documentaries" at number 15.
The Metascore of the rating portal Metacritic , based on 22 reviews , is 68 out of 100 possible points.
The so-called tomatometer of the film review site Rotten Tomatoes stands at 74 percent.
The film database IMDb awards 7.5 out of 10 possible points.
Trivia
Awesome; I Fuckin 'Shot That! starts with a roll title that reads about the Mariel boat crisis - a reminiscence of the film Scarface .
In the credits , actor Ben Stiller, visibly impressed by the concert, expresses his admiration for the Beastie Boys DJ with the following words: "Mix Master Mike is almost as good as me."
Web links
- Trailer on YouTube
- Awesome; I Fuckin 'Shot That! in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The Guardian : Awesome; I Fuckin 'Shot That! (History of origin)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f g h Beastie Boys: Awesome; I Fuckin 'Shot That! (Liner Notes)
- ↑ a b c d www.theguardian.com: Awesome; I Fuckin 'Shot That! (History of origin)
- ↑ a b www.imdb.com: Awesome; I Fuckin 'Shot That! (Production and release details)
- ↑ www.discogs.com: Awesome; I Fuckin 'Shot That! (Release details)
- ↑ www.nytimes.com: Awesome; I Fuckin 'Shot That! (Review)
- ↑ www.rollingstone.com: Awesome; I Fuckin 'Shot That! (List placement)
- ↑ www.metacritic.com: Awesome; I Fuckin 'Shot That! (Rating)
- ↑ www.rottentomatoes.com: Awesome; I Fuckin 'Shot That! (Rating)