Insurgentes, Lasse Hoile's film about musician Steven Wilson, is released on DVD by Kscope on 8th October. Porcupine Tree are currently enjoying massive success across the world with their latest album, The Incident. Insurgentes is a musical road movie that follows the making of his solo record of the same name, and is a portrait of an increasingly rare artist who works with music and media out of love and not for fame and fortune, persisting in making art on his own terms in a world where 'throw away' mentality is increasingly becoming the norm.Hoile has described the project as ‘starting out as a small side project to Steven Wilson's solo album’ yet ‘as the project developed and more and more people got involved, we realised that we had the potential to create a great documentary that could stand on its own feet.’
Insurgentes explores music and the album as art form, and applying the same aesthetic vision through the writing, performance, production, artwork, lyrics, videos and beyond. The film looks into the issues of creating, packaging and marketing music in an era when iPods, mp3's and download culture are changing and eroding perceptions of exactly what an album is supposed to sound and look like.
"My fear is that the current generation of kids who're being born into this information revolution, growing up with the Internet, cell phones, iPods, this download culture, 'American Idol,' reality TV, prescription drugs, PlayStations — all of these things kind of distract people from what's important about life, which is to develop a sense of curiosity about what's out there.” (Steven Wilson, MTV News)
It's this curiosity that takes the artist around the world to find inspiration to create and record his music.
Through travels to different cultures and continents we meet with other personalities in the industry, including Mikael Akerfeldt from Opeth, the Israeli superstar Aviv Geffen and the legendary producer Trevor Horn, and hear different opinions on the current and future state of music. The result, as Lasse remarks, is ‘both a portrait of Steven as an artist but also a look at today’s download culture and the effects it has on the artists trying to create and share what is truly in their hearts and minds.’
Insurgentes also follows Steven back to his roots and upbringing and what led to him becoming a musician, from humble beginnings in the suburbs of London to touring the world as a successful artist, working with many other established artists, and creating a lasting legacy of recorded work.
A sensationally visionary debut, the film has already been shown to widespread critical acclaim at film festivals around the world and shall now be released on DVD. The 2 disc set also features a host of extras and a booklet featuring photography by Lasse and Carl Glover, Steven’s long-time art collaborator.
www.insurgentesfilm.com
Extras:
31 minute film of Bass Communion and Pig live in Mexico City
Promo video for Harmony Korine
2 x trailers
alternate ending
footage of a Q+A session with Steven Wilson and Lasse Hoile at the international premier at renowned CPH:DOX International Documentary Film Festival
6 audio out-takes from the album recording sessions.
Subtitled in Spanish, French, German, and English
Sound mixed in stereo and 5.1 surround sound.
Source: Press Release
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