The Big Picture · Discussion · Interview
April 27, 2020/ 87 min/ Sean Fennessey · Chris Ryan
Sean and Chris Ryan on the Spike Jonze documentary Beastie Boys Story and what the band meant to them, then Sean's interview with Adrock and Mike D about the film, quarantine, The Last Dance, and the movies they grew up on.
13 films across 2 segments.
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Beastie Boys StorySean and Chris Ryan on the film and the band
The Spike Jonze documentary on Apple TV+, built from the live stage show Adrock and Mike D toured to promote their book. Sean and Chris admire it as a sincere, self-effacing tribute to Adam Yauch, while wishing it had brought in outside voices like Nas, Roman Coppola, the Dust Brothers, or Spike himself.
In conversation
Mike D's first example of a rare good dramatized music movie.
The other exception Mike D names to his rule that dramatized music movies suck.
The Beastie Boys appear in it. Mike D offers it as an example of a not-so-good one; Adam has a soft spot for it anyway.
The Sex Pistols documentary Mike D holds up as the real thing, versus dramatized music movies.
The Manchester/Factory Records film Mike D loves and had put on Adam's homework list. Adam never watched it.
Mike D's foil for pure nostalgia: a moment frozen in time, unlike the band's ongoing relationship with its fans. Adam admits he's never seen the whole thing.
Adam gets a kick out of seeing his own clip from it turn up in Beastie Boys Story.
The reference behind Adam's riff on pitching a talking-baby co-parenting franchise with Mike D.
One of the not-so-mature comedies Mike D has been binge-watching with his teens in quarantine. Holds up, he says.
Part of Mike D's quarantine teen-comedy rotation. Still holds up, he says.
In the rotation too; Mike D notes it couldn't be made today.
Also on the list, though Mike D found it too uncomfortable to watch with his teenagers.
Also mentioned raised along the way
In passing SinglesOld SchoolFerris Bueller's Day OffThe Cannonball RunRaw
Not films filtered out: TV, games, ads
TV The Last DanceDevs
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