Comments on: Movie: Here to be Heard: The Story of The Slits

Post: Movie: Here to be Heard: The Story of The Slits

The corpse in the library — Fri, 19 Mar 2021 14:34:58 -0800

"The tale of the formation, journey and end of the seminal Punk/Reggae band The Slits." - IMDB

By: The corpse in the library

The corpse in the library — Fri, 19 Mar 2021 14:42:29 -0800

I loved the old footage of them and their friends from the 1970s -- how amazing that they had that.

The structure of Tessa going through her scrapbook worked for me; it was basically chronological, which I've realized I really need for a good rockumentary. Someone should publish that scrapbook as a photo book.

Ari an very odd person and I feel she didn't get explained well. Maybe that was impossible to do.

I had no idea Neneh Cherry had been in The Slits, and I was working at an independent record store when "Buffalo Stance" came out. How did I miss this? (I love when a rockumetary has me going "What? So-and-so was in that band?!?")

I've never liked their music, unfortunately, and this didn't change it. Ah well. It was still an enjoyable, perfectly good film.

By: edencosmic

edencosmic — Fri, 19 Mar 2021 15:08:17 -0800

This is far more a documentary about Ari Up and even there it kind of fails. But I've read Viv Albertine's first book and so I already knew a lot of this but I still wanted more depth and insight.

I forget the entirety of the circumstances now but I saw this and there was a Q&A with the director after. I guess the person who had all of Ari's footage wanted to do something with it but didn't feel qualified. The director was a friend (or a friend of a friend?) and wasn't really even a fan of The Slits. He seemed like an odd choice and I think it showed he really didn't bring a voice or perspective to this story.

I think there's a good doc about The Slits to be made. This just isn't it.

By: The corpse in the library

The corpse in the library — Fri, 19 Mar 2021 20:05:15 -0800

Ah, that helps put it in context. I was surprised it was made by a man, because it's so important to their story that they're women.

By: not_on_display

not_on_display — Sun, 11 Apr 2021 20:46:03 -0800

Maybe I should wait for a documentary on The Raincoats? This is one that I'd like to see, but it sounds to you all like it doesn't touch the right bases.

By: The corpse in the library

The corpse in the library — Sun, 11 Apr 2021 21:01:08 -0800

It's not perfect but few rockumentaries are; I say watch it, if you have the spare time.