I Am Trying to Break Your Heart: A Film About Wilco
I Am Trying to Break Your Heart: A Film About Wilco
| 21 June 2002 (USA)
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A documentary by photographer Sam Jones documenting American rock band Wilco recording their fourth album Yankee Hotel Foxtrot. Originally intended as a showcase of the band's creative process, the film crew catches unexpected complications between the band and its record label and problems among the band members themselves.

Reviews
SincereFinest disgusting, overrated, pointless
Curapedi I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.
Roy Hart If you're interested in the topic at hand, you should just watch it and judge yourself because the reviews have gone very biased by people that didn't even watch it and just hate (or love) the creator. I liked it, it was well written, narrated, and directed and it was about a topic that interests me.
Abegail Noëlle While it is a pity that the story wasn't told with more visual finesse, this is trivial compared to our real-world problems. It takes a good movie to put that into perspective.
Twins65 This one is for Wilco fans only. And they seem to be a band who doesn't have ANY fans who are halfway in on them, so you should know whether or not you want to view this in advance.The story of Wilco from the days after the release of "Summerteeth" leading up to the recording and release of their follow-up has been discussed to death, so I'm not going to write about that. I will write about how this movie which I just watched again for the first time in over 10 years is pretty well made. The black & white photography gives it more of a "behind-the-scenes" feel as well, which is all good by me.I mostly enjoyed the recording studio and backstage scenes, as that's a slice of rock I'm really not privy to. Watch for some quick glimpses of Dave Pirner (who does NOT seem to age at all) and Gary Louris, along with WXRT's recently retired Frank E. Lee introducing the band.P.S.-I once joked about 8 years ago that Philip Seymour Hoffman should play Jay Bennett when they make a "Wilco biopic". But now that they're both gone, I'll just give 'em both a R.I.P. shout-out here.
erikbirdman The splattered coverage of Wilco on film made for a entertaining viewing experience.Wilco are clearly a hard working band who make music that matters to them.Whether or not that had anything to do with Jay Bennet's departure is unclear.But,bands have problems.And when it's recorded to film it makes you watch a little closer.The commentary on the DVD was surprisingly funny as well.Let us just see if their next album is as good as their last,considering,all that has happened.
buck_od Walking into this movie I had no working knowledge of Wilco other than the fact that their latest album, "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot", had received a fair degree of press. Completely untainted by prior convictions I found this movie to be the most fascinating document of artistic creativity and tension ever committed to film. Not only is the music great, but the story surrounding the making of the album is captivating.
airfigaro This picture is a must see for any Wilco fan, and I highly recommend seeing it on the big screen if possible. Besides the great concert and 'in process' recording footage, it has great art direction and cinematography. If you're a fan, you already know the stroy; Band makes record, band gets rejected by label, bands fires member, band tours, band gets label, critics love band. Interesting behind the scenes stuff that doesn't make you want to ralph like watching that stupid VH-1 show.