This is a look at the the group Placebo. Told in a combination of musical performances, archival footage, talking heads and "surveillance" footage of talking heads this is a one of a kind documentary.
I really like this film a great deal. It's a killer doc on a group that has always danced around my musical fringes. It's a music doc that does what the best ones do, and that is make me want to go out and buy their music. I just enjoyed having the film connect songs I knew but wasn't certain of who they were by get connected up with the group name.
I really like how the film pulls us into the history of the group and lets us journey with them. Its a film that let's us know why the group mattered. I really got a sense of them in the history of popular music.
If there is anything that is wrong with the film it's the conceit of having everyone not in the group who is being interviewed being done by hidden camera. It's amusing for a little while but it kind of becomes tiresome. It's a quibble but it bothered me because there really is no reason for it.
This is a great film and is recommended.
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