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Wilco I Am Trying to Break You | 
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List Price: CDN$ 32.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  31 reviews
Sales Rank: 12831
Format: Dolby, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Media: VHS Tape
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 3.8 x 1.1
UPC: 082354000837
EAN: 0082354000837
ASIN: B00008J2RN
Theatrical Release Date: April 1, 2003
Release Date: February 18, 2008
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 corrections June 2, 2004
i am a wilco fan and i enjoyed this film.
but i wished it had been more about the music and less about the industry.
now i just wanted to point out two [things](...): first, the scene in which tweedy speaks of firing his stock broker is not a sign of tweedy's wealth. it is obviously a staged, comedic scene -- as the would-be interviewer to whom he is speaking is the musician/comedian fred armisen, formerly of the band trenchmouth and now of saturday night live fame, who in the scene is doing one of his sketch-comedy characters. second, jay bennett, who was fired from wilco in this film, was not tweedy's cowriter and bandmate of sixteen years. wilco has barely been around half of sixteen years, and bennett is not even an original member of wilco. perhaps that reviewer is mistaking jay bennett for jay farrar, who was tweedy's longtime friend and "original" cowriter before the band uncle tupelo, ummm, disbanded.
 YES! May 5, 2004
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
This documentary is just beyond words. not to rave, but this changed my whole perspective on things. It was amazing watching Jeff and the band play and make music together. My only complaint is there wasn't more of the actually songwriting/recording process. JEFF TWEEDY IS A ROLL MODEL TO US ALL.
A Fantastic Film About A Fantastic Record April 29, 2004
I agree with what others here have said. I would just add that, the real strength of this move is that it doesn't exploit any false "good guy"/"bad guy" dichotomies. Both Tweedy and Bennett come across generally as decent and extremely talented guys, at other times they come across as insecure, pretentious jerks obsessed with money and/or attention. Given the record's eventually success, it would have been easy to cut this film into an inch-thin morality play. It's to the filmaker's credit that he lets us see everyone's ugly side.
 Ugh. Stop the homerific fandom and open your eyes. April 28, 2004
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is not a good documentary. There is far too much "telling" and not enough "showing." Jay Bennett is in the band one second, the next he's alone on a stage singing a terrible song, and, other than two small arguments between Tweedy and Bennett, the filmmaker somehow missed captuating any compelling footage as to why that may have happened. It's just an empty movie, really. The black and white effect is almost as pretentious as Wilco's music, but not quite.The thing is, this COULD have been a good documentary. The problem is the film is not thorough and views more like a fan's diary than an actual expose on the inner workings of the band and the making of the album. Tweedy is charismatic, but, c'mon, the guy never talks. It's really just not interesting to watch seemingly bored, and overly intellectual, musicians just sit around and fiddle with the electronics, play solo shows etc. It's really just not interesting to watch Tweedy with his kid, or see him drive around. The movie is just so empty. Empty beyond belief.
Amazing April 4, 2004
I am a fan of Wilco, so it makes sense that I would enjoy this documentary. However, I have showed it to friends of mine who have never even heard of Wilco, and they loved it as well. The movie is a compelling look at the music industry as it is today- as well as the impatient outlook on our culture. This film follows five artists who are influenced not by record sales or by pop culture; they write their music from their soul, and let no one change that. This movie is very impelling, and well worth watching.
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