It Might Get Loud (PG)
Film series: “What does it sound like, baby?”
- When?
- Tuesday 19 March 2013, 19:00
- Where?
- The Electric Theatre, Onslow Street, Guildford, GU1 4SZ
- Open to:
- Staff, Public, Students
- Admission price:
- £7, £5.50 concessions
- Admission information:
- Tickets from Electric Theatre Box Office (Mon-Sat 10:30-17:00), 01483 444789, or online at www.guildford.gov.uk/electrictheatre
For this intriguing documentary, Oscar-winning director Davis Guggenheim ("An Inconvenient Truth") brings together superstar rock guitarists from three successive eras—Jack White (The White Stripes and The Raconteurs), The Edge (U2), and Surrey native Jimmy Page (The Yardbirds and Led Zeppelin)—for a high-level summit on music, life, and the love shared by all three artists: the guitar. The result is a unique combination of biography, conversation, and high-level jam session with three distinctive but kindred artists.
(2008) Director: Davis Guggenheim, 98 min, Cert PG
Film Series: "What does it sound like, baby?" - The quest for sound in music creation, performance and recording
This series brings together four extraordinary films about a broad range of artists who share a common goal: the right sound for their music. Sometimes this was done by fusing unrelated existing sounds to create entirely new genres (Ray Charles or Jimmy Page), sometimes by bringing highly traditional sounds into the present (Alison Krauss, Gillian Welch or Jack White); sometimes by endlessly searching for the right sound for a simple part (U2’s The Edge); or sometimes combining all of the above (producer Tom Dowd). This series draws from the research of University of Surrey popular music scholar Tim Hughes, who will give a short introductory talk before each screening, and will be available after the screenings to engage in more relaxed discussions at the bar.