The central conceit behind “Awesome I F–kin’ Shot That” (directed by the dearly departed Adam Yauch under his Nathaniel Hornblower alias) is that the band gathered a bunch of fans ahead of a concert at Madison Square Garden. This might be the funniest and most ingeniously staged concert documentary of all time.
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Where to Stream It: Pluto TV “Awesome I F–kin’ Shot That!” (2004) It’s still one of the, if not best music documentaries, than the most entertaining. “Truth or Dare” was the most successful documentary of all time until “Bowling for Columbine” in 2002. (There’ a more wholesome cameo from height-of-his-fame Kevin Costner too.) Also, the songs all still slap. Noted at the time for its frank portrayal of homosexuality, it is a perfect early-90s time capsule, with Warren Beatty, Madonna’s then-beau (and costar from “Dick Tracy”) lurking in the shadows, wanting nothing to do with the documentary. While David Fincher was talked about as a potential director, the duties eventually fell to Alek Keshishian, a young filmmaker whose thesis film at Harvard Madonna had seen and been impressed by. This is aided by the use of sumptuous black-and-white photography, which elevates the entire thing to truly iconic status. Unlike “Get Back,” “Truth or Dare” is centered around a concert tour and not an album/special, but it does maintain the at times painfully intimate approach and fly-on-the-wall aesthetic. Where to Stream It: Not currently available to stream, but available to rent “Madonna: Truth or Dare” (1991) It’s all laid bare, making this one of the few music documentaries that feels truly unfiltered.
There’s a question of whether the documentary should continue, or whether the footage will ever see the light of day, and against the backdrop of all of this drama there’s fan backlash over the group’s lawsuit against Napster and a search for a new bassist to handle. You don’t have to be a Metallica fan to be struck by the unique nature of this film, which began as a documentary about Metallica writing and recording a new album but took a turn when frontman James Hetfield abruptly leaves their custom studio to check himself into rehab – and returns months later with conditions that change the dynamic of the group. If you want to watch another documentary about a band on the brink of breaking up, 2004’s shockingly candid “Metallica: Some Kind of Monster” is a fascinating and engrossing film.
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