Title: No Room For Rockstars Director: Parris Patton A meandering but still punkish documentary overview of the Vans Warped Tour, director Parris Patton’s “No Room For Rockstars,” shot over the 2010 iteration of the event, offers up a slice-of-life look at the punk rock juggernaut, a rain-or-shine misfit circus that crisscrosses North America every summer as a rollicking outdoor minstrel show aimed at kids hungry for live music mainly outside of the glossy pop mainstream. If it’s mostly an amorphous fan’s document that doesn’t locate much in the way of a dramatic throughline, the backstage and behind-the-scenes access will at least still prove engaging enough to its core demographic even if few others. Launched [ Read More ]...
- 4/14/2012
- by bsimon
- ShockYa
Feel like slamming yourself a wall? Doing a little screaming? Dancing yourself into a frenzy?
You might be in the mood for "No Room for Rockstars," the new rock documentary filmed during the 2010 Vans Warped Tour. Directed by music video director Parris Patton and produced by "Dogtown and Z-Boys" director Stacy Peralta, "No Room for Rockstars" takes us into the world of punk rock through the eyes of its fans and musicians and shows us not just the energy of the scene but also the sense of community and what it's like to spend months on the road. Plus there's some kick-ass music, too.
This exclusive clip from the film introduces us to dogged upstarts Forever Came Calling, who have nothing but a van, a few CDs and a dream that someday they'll actually get to play on the Warped Tour, rather than just tag along on the tour and...
You might be in the mood for "No Room for Rockstars," the new rock documentary filmed during the 2010 Vans Warped Tour. Directed by music video director Parris Patton and produced by "Dogtown and Z-Boys" director Stacy Peralta, "No Room for Rockstars" takes us into the world of punk rock through the eyes of its fans and musicians and shows us not just the energy of the scene but also the sense of community and what it's like to spend months on the road. Plus there's some kick-ass music, too.
This exclusive clip from the film introduces us to dogged upstarts Forever Came Calling, who have nothing but a van, a few CDs and a dream that someday they'll actually get to play on the Warped Tour, rather than just tag along on the tour and...
- 3/28/2012
- by NextMovie Staff
- NextMovie
Director Parris Patton documents the rock ’n’ roll life, profiling musicians taking part in the 2010 Vans Warped Tour in No Room for Rockstars. While the documentary doesn’t offer any novel or deep revelations about the price of chasing stardom, Patton’s film captures lives at critical crossroads: The musicians portrayed all find themselves negotiating the tightrope between commercial compromise and staying true to oneself, between self-belief and crushing despair. Those themes of struggle are nothing new in studies of artists (especially those in the music business), yet the humanist elements inherent in Patton’s film make its consistently compelling, even profound....
- 3/6/2012
- Pastemagazine.com
Fresh off its Slamdance 2012 premiere, the Vans Warped Tour Docu No Room For Rockstars is hitting theaters across the country for a one-night exclusive engagement (details). We've got a clip for you ahead of tonight's big event. The clip features festival creator Kevin Lyman chatting about how the legendary tour helped launch the careers of music heavyweights including: Sublime, NoDoubt, Blink 182, Fall Out Boy and more. The film is a pretty interesting and sometimes heart heavy look behind the scenes of one America's most iconic and long-running touring rock shows. Filmmaker Parris Patton (along with veteran producers Stacy Peralta and Agi Orsi) brings his cameras into the close confines of the tour buses of a few of the young rock bands out...
- 3/1/2012
- Screen Anarchy
"No Room for Rockstars" premiered at Slamdance on January 22. Then it will play one night on Cinedigm digital screens across the country, on March 1, 2012. "No Room for Rockstars" showcases the various musicians, rock and rollers, and scenesters that congregate at Vans Warped Tour. The film touches on the 17 years of the cross-country North American music festival that has served as a launching pad for talent including Green Day, Sublime, Blink 182, Enimen, and No Doubt. The under-dog friendly tour hit 43 cities, over 1700 miles, and featured 200 bands in 2010. Under the guidance of director Parris Patton ("Amazing Journey: The Story of The...
- 1/26/2012
- Thompson on Hollywood
Like the story of Brandon Teena, Stacey "Hollywood" Dean's transformation from man to woman is a compelling subject. But, thankfully, Parris Patton's illuminating documentary "Creature" ends on a much more upbeat note. Formerly the head of production at Prince's Paisley Park Studios, Patton previously directed the feature "The Cheshire Cat", numerous concert films, videos and shorts.
Filmed in 16mm and somewhat crude in final presentation, the 64-minute "Creature" -- which is booked for weekend midnight and matinee screenings at Laemmle's Sunset 5 in West Hollywood -- is notable for capturing the physical transformation of Dean over several years as well as the evolving sentiments of family members and friends.
First unveiled at the 1999 Seattle Film Festival and distributed by Seventh Art Releasing, "Creature" is nicely structured as it jumps around in time and between incarnations of North Carolinian Kyle Dean, whom filmmaker Patton first encountered as a transvestite prostitute on a Hollywood street corner.
The child of religious parents who don't understand or condone his choice to become the blond bombshell Stacey, Dean flourishes as the diva of Club Arena, along with comrade-in-drag Filberto "Barbarella" Ascencio. Patton interestingly contrasts the latter's unapologetic gayness with Dean's sincere desire to become a woman.
But rather than linger just on the remarkable lead's pre-op career and pursuit of romance, Patton, by interviewing Dean's parents and capturing an awkward family reunion, shows us several encouraging scenes. Indeed, Dean's father, Butch, transforms from a gruff ex-hellraiser to a relatively supportive ally, while his mother, Dusty, emotionally cannot give up her son -- now with wider hips, breasts and long blond hair -- but poignantly relates how religion saved her formerly gay-bashing mate.
Even more intriguing is what the film says about current melting-pot sexual politics. Dean's boyfriend, who accompanies him to North Carolina, is a young macho dude who admits to alienating his anti-gay friends. While their relationship seems a bit tenuous, Dean at the end displays the confidence and survival skills to handle the trials of a complicated life.
CREATURE
Seventh Art Releasing
A Grapevine Films production
Director-editor:Parris Patton
Producer:Don Lepore
Director of photography:John Travers
Music:Chad Smith
Color/16mm
Running time -- 64 minutes
No MPAA rating...
Filmed in 16mm and somewhat crude in final presentation, the 64-minute "Creature" -- which is booked for weekend midnight and matinee screenings at Laemmle's Sunset 5 in West Hollywood -- is notable for capturing the physical transformation of Dean over several years as well as the evolving sentiments of family members and friends.
First unveiled at the 1999 Seattle Film Festival and distributed by Seventh Art Releasing, "Creature" is nicely structured as it jumps around in time and between incarnations of North Carolinian Kyle Dean, whom filmmaker Patton first encountered as a transvestite prostitute on a Hollywood street corner.
The child of religious parents who don't understand or condone his choice to become the blond bombshell Stacey, Dean flourishes as the diva of Club Arena, along with comrade-in-drag Filberto "Barbarella" Ascencio. Patton interestingly contrasts the latter's unapologetic gayness with Dean's sincere desire to become a woman.
But rather than linger just on the remarkable lead's pre-op career and pursuit of romance, Patton, by interviewing Dean's parents and capturing an awkward family reunion, shows us several encouraging scenes. Indeed, Dean's father, Butch, transforms from a gruff ex-hellraiser to a relatively supportive ally, while his mother, Dusty, emotionally cannot give up her son -- now with wider hips, breasts and long blond hair -- but poignantly relates how religion saved her formerly gay-bashing mate.
Even more intriguing is what the film says about current melting-pot sexual politics. Dean's boyfriend, who accompanies him to North Carolina, is a young macho dude who admits to alienating his anti-gay friends. While their relationship seems a bit tenuous, Dean at the end displays the confidence and survival skills to handle the trials of a complicated life.
CREATURE
Seventh Art Releasing
A Grapevine Films production
Director-editor:Parris Patton
Producer:Don Lepore
Director of photography:John Travers
Music:Chad Smith
Color/16mm
Running time -- 64 minutes
No MPAA rating...
- 1/14/2000
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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