The buzz is building about "It Might Get Loud," and adulation has
already surfaced in Canada's
National Post newspaper. Critic Bob Thompson predicts the 97-minute
documentary "will get a documentary Oscar nod for Davis Guggenheim's
history of the rock guitar as told and played by three generations of rock 'n'
jagermeisters."
The film is scheduled for three public screenings during the Toronto
International Film Festival, including its world premiere tomorrow at 9:15 p.m.
at the Ryerson Theatre. The three guitarists featured in the film -- Page, The
Edge from U2, and Jack White of both the White Stripes and the Raconteurs --
have all been mentioned as attending.
Their plans are also said to include an afterparty, the National Post reports. "Jimmy Page,
Jack White and U2's The Edge are all expected at the south-of-Bloor party
that's planned following the Friday night airing here of Davis Guggenheim's
electrically-charged guitar doc It Might Get Loud," it says.
This would make the premiere and afterparty some of the hottest tickets in
town, rivaling only perhaps those of star-studded Cohen Brothers' latest
big-screen submission.
After the premiere of "It Might Get Loud," the film is to move to the
AMC 6 for its two other arranged screenings: on Sept. 7 at 10 a.m. and on Sept.
13 at 12 noon.
Currently, no distribution has been arranged for the film beyond these three
showings associated with the festival. LedZeppelinNews.com will report on any changes
to this as they are announced.
Writer Thom Powers, in the film festival's official Web page about the documentary, says
Guggenheim provides viewers with "intimate access to the creative
process" of each guitarist, individually, before they meet for the first
time to trade stories and influences -- and, of course, to jam.
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