Translated by Francesca Vantaggiato from http://www.dn.se/kultur-noje/film-tv/en-dodsbra-punkhistoria/
Article by Andreas Nordström o Dn.se
Brothers David , Bobby and Dannis Hackney in the band Death photographed in
the early 70s.
With " A band called Death" has punk got its own "Searching for Sugar Man" . Tonight , Friday , the acclaimed movie will be screened at the Rio Cinema in Stockholm .
The American documentary that was made by Mark Covino and Jeff Howlett tells of three black teenagers , priest sons and blood brothers. In 1971 they founded the band Death in Detroit. The trio plays raw and primitive punk some years before the Sex Pistols and the Ramones defines the genre.
Contemporaries , who in the early 70's are busy with the gentle humming choruses of Earth Wind & Fire , take nothing. When a large company Arista still shows a received lukewarm interest calls for the group to change its name . But David Hackney , the mastermind behind Death , refuses. It would be to sell the group's soul.
The band's long road to restoration is such a dizzying unlikely story that sounds as if concocted by a wily PR agency .
- I know ! When Mark called and nagged that we need to make a documentary about the band so I told him to go to hell. I was convinced that it was all a fake, says director Jeff Howlett .
- After making several documentaries , I knew that it is a hopeless genre. Man loses money , gets depressed and no one sees your movie. But once I heard Death so everything changed. Then I understood - this is for real, continues Jeff Howlett .
Mark Covino laughs. He says that one of the most common questions when the two filmmakers show " A band called Death" at festivals is precisely if the story is fictional .
- Our ambition has been to spread the story around the world. We did not just turn to snow record collectors . Therefore , we have interviewed some unlikely names, such as Elijah Wood . But he loves the band , and you can get Frodo Baggins to participate in a film about punk and it's clear that you have to take a chance , says Jeff Howlett .
" A band called Death" is about brutal punk. But it is an unexpectedly hot movie .
- About halfway into the work we noticed that all participants speak so lovingly about each other. Bobby and Dannis Hackney in Death still lives in the same house . Bobby lives upstairs with his family. Dannis downstairs. And they have thus played together for 40 years, said Mark Covino .
What have you learned from working on the film ?
- I've always been a pathological pessimist. But the film has made me believe in myself and stop compromising . Nowadays I live by David Hackney Gospel says Jeff Howlett .
With " A band called Death" has punk got its own "Searching for Sugar Man" . Tonight , Friday , the acclaimed movie will be screened at the Rio Cinema in Stockholm .
The American documentary that was made by Mark Covino and Jeff Howlett tells of three black teenagers , priest sons and blood brothers. In 1971 they founded the band Death in Detroit. The trio plays raw and primitive punk some years before the Sex Pistols and the Ramones defines the genre.
Contemporaries , who in the early 70's are busy with the gentle humming choruses of Earth Wind & Fire , take nothing. When a large company Arista still shows a received lukewarm interest calls for the group to change its name . But David Hackney , the mastermind behind Death , refuses. It would be to sell the group's soul.
The band's long road to restoration is such a dizzying unlikely story that sounds as if concocted by a wily PR agency .
- I know ! When Mark called and nagged that we need to make a documentary about the band so I told him to go to hell. I was convinced that it was all a fake, says director Jeff Howlett .
- After making several documentaries , I knew that it is a hopeless genre. Man loses money , gets depressed and no one sees your movie. But once I heard Death so everything changed. Then I understood - this is for real, continues Jeff Howlett .
Mark Covino laughs. He says that one of the most common questions when the two filmmakers show " A band called Death" at festivals is precisely if the story is fictional .
- Our ambition has been to spread the story around the world. We did not just turn to snow record collectors . Therefore , we have interviewed some unlikely names, such as Elijah Wood . But he loves the band , and you can get Frodo Baggins to participate in a film about punk and it's clear that you have to take a chance , says Jeff Howlett .
" A band called Death" is about brutal punk. But it is an unexpectedly hot movie .
- About halfway into the work we noticed that all participants speak so lovingly about each other. Bobby and Dannis Hackney in Death still lives in the same house . Bobby lives upstairs with his family. Dannis downstairs. And they have thus played together for 40 years, said Mark Covino .
What have you learned from working on the film ?
- I've always been a pathological pessimist. But the film has made me believe in myself and stop compromising . Nowadays I live by David Hackney Gospel says Jeff Howlett .
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