All Tomorrow's Parties (2009 film)

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All Tomorrow's Parties
Directed byJonathan Caouette
Produced byLuke Morris
CinematographyVincent Moon, Jason Banker, Marc Swadel
Edited byNick Fenton
Production
company
Warp X
Distributed byWarp Films
Release date
  • 14 March 2009 (2009-03-14) (SXSW)
Running time
82 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

All Tomorrow's Parties is a 2009 documentary film directed by All Tomorrow's People and

All Tomorrow's Parties music festival. Described as a "post-punk DIY bricolage", the film was created using footage generated by the fans and musicians attending the events themselves, on a multitude of formats including Super8
, camcorder and mobile phone. All Tomorrow's People is a name representing the contributions of these attendees.

The film features music and performances from

.

Release

The film debuted at

Sheffield Doc/Fest
in November 2009.

It was announced that in October 2009 the film would be screened at a number of 'one night only' theatrical screenings in the UK, also featuring live music, with the main act performing to be Les Savy Fav, who feature in the film and have long been mainstays of ATP line-ups.

In November/December 2009 the film was released in the US. The film screened in, amongst other cinemas,

Alamo Drafthouse (Austin), Cinefamily
(L.A).

In June 2011, the film was released theatrically in Australia by Warp Films. It is currently on release in Adelaide, Sydney, Melbourne, and Brisbane. This is due to be followed by the Australian DVD release on 22 July 2011.

Reception

Reviews have been positive, with LA Weekly making it their Critics Pick and calling it "Part concert film, part rebel manifesto ... [it] pleasurably embodies the interactive generosity of talents whose confluence it describes."[1] Drew McWeeney (Moriarty) of Hitfix.com wrote that it was "A cascade of sound and fury ... the range of what this movie covers exhausts me ... The highest compliment I can pay the film is that it made me want to attend the festival for real ... not just your average concert film, [it's] in a class by itself ... One of the singular film experiences i’ve had so far this year."[2]

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