''Let's Rock Again!'' is a music
documentary film
A documentary film or documentary is a non-fictional motion-picture intended to "document reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction, education or maintaining a historical record". Bill Nichols has characterized the documentary in te ...
following
Joe Strummer as he tours across the United States and Japan with his band
the Mescaleros promoting their second album ''
Global a Go-Go''. The memoir was shot by filmmaker and longtime Strummer friend
Dick Rude in the 18 months leading up to Strummer's death in 2002.
In light of Strummer's death, the film is "inevitably sad to watch now," as ''
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'' wrote in a review, but still inspirational in its portrayal of "a star of rare humility".
DVD
The
DVD was released in June 2006. Bonus features include:
* Interviews with Joe Strummer
* Behind-the-scenes footage
* Joe's Suitcase
lide Show* Q & A with director Dick Rude
* Five songs performed live:
# "Bigger They Come, Harder They Fall"
# "Quarter Pound an Ishens"
# "Armagideon Time"
#
"Pressure Drop '72"
# "Rudie Can't Fail"
Scene selections include:
#
Tom Snyder and
The Clash
# 1977 (The Clash)
# 1 October 2002, Tokyo, Japan
# Main Title; Global a Go-Go
# Bhindi Bhagee
# Interaction with the Fans
# Quarter Pound an Ishens
# Trashman or Doorman?
# From Hero to Zero
# London's Burning
# Word of Mouth
# Mega Bottle Ride
# Drumming Up Business
# Get Down Moses
# Backstage Shenanigans
# Shaktar Donetsk
# Songwriting and Lyrics
# Cool 'n' Out
# 9 October 2001, New York, NY
# Minstrel Boy
# Going Underground
# 1969
# Johnny Appleseed
# End Credits
See also
*
Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros
*
Joe Strummer
References
External links
*
Preview Trailer from th
Rude Archive*
* {{Amg movie, 306148, Let's Rock Again
Rockumentaries
The Clash
Documentary films about punk music and musicians
2004 films
2004 documentary films
American documentary films
2000s English-language films
2000s American films