I Am Trying to Break Your Heart - A Film About Wilco: Amazon.ca: Wilco, Sam Jones, Jeff Tweedy, John Stirratt, Leroy Bach, Glenn Kotche, Jay Bennett, Tony Margherita, Greg Kot, David Fricke, Howie Klein, Bill Bentley, Josh Grier, David Bither, Chris Brickley, Jonathan Parker, Sam Tweedy, Susan Miller Tweedy, Spencer Tweedy: DVD

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4.0 out of 5 stars Not Just For Wilco Fans, April 19 2003

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Marcellus Wallace "Vincent Vega's Boss" (Chicago, Illinois United States) - See all my reviews

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I've been a big Wilco fan for quite sometime, and I love their last record, "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot". So I may not be as objective as I should be in reviewing, "I Am Trying to Break Your Heart - A Film About Wilco" which captured the making and distribution of the record. However, if you're at all interested in seeing how the music industry functions, this film does a wonderful job capturing the chaos and sleaze of the music business. My favorite scenes in this documentary involve the Spinal Tap-ish encounters Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy has with the press, with industry types and most notably with his band compatriot Jay Bennett, whom is summarily dismissed 60 minutes into the film. They are very difficult, uncomfortable scenes to watch at times, and certainly give aspiring musicians second thoughts about the profession they are choosing. I was a little disappointed that the remaining band members commentary track with director Sam Jones, avoided commenting about Bennett's contributions to Wilco (at one point of the commentary, during one of the more bizzare non-confrontations Tweedy has with Bennett, the whole band walks out leaving Jones to explain the dynamic of their relationships). Still, if you're any kind of music fan, watching the creative process is mesmirizing. If you're a Wilco fan, this is a must have. The DVD features lots of bonus footage and music by the band, and hearing the original or alternate versions of "Kamera", "Poor Places" and "I Am Trying to Break Your Heart" are really ear opening. I'll never listen to "Heavy Metal Drummer" again without thinking of the Tweedy/Bennett spat. All in all, this is a really entertaining documentary that proves the old addage; life is stranger than fiction.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Spell Binding, April 15 2003

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Nathaniel C. Bottorff (Tallahassee, FL United States) - See all my reviews
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A great Documentary to go along with a great album. The story could not have been scripted better than the reality of the situation . . .

A band records a brilliant album, which the evil record company wants them to change. They say no, and get the shaft. The band struggles, plays some gigs, kicks out a member, and finally finds redemption. Does this stuff happen in real life!!

Any fan of Wilco, any fan of documentary filmmaking, and any fan interested in the workings of the music industry will love this film.

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4.0 out of 5 stars corrections, Jun 1 2004

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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.

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5.0 out of 5 stars YES!
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. Read more

Published on May 5 2004 by Sancho willham

5.0 out of 5 stars A Fantastic Film About A Fantastic Record
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"... Read more

Published on April 28 2004 by P. Mullaney