Pearl Jam Twenty from Pearl Jam on Vimeo.
Ok, so finally a movie I'm stoked about. A documentary about Pearl Jam, the entity - along with Starbucks and Microsoft - most emblematic of the 'idea' of Seattle, and that moment in time, about 20 years ago, that I received secondhand a few years after the fact though mainstream commercial outlets in suburbia. Never been of fan of the aforementioned entities, but they do provoke a weird nostalgia, perhaps of the 'last days of old-America', before the amphetamine rush of the internet->post 9/11 axis of never-ending political dramedy via Bush/Bin Laden/Daily Show->massive banking fraud and quid pro quo by the ultrarich, for the ultrarich->massive anxiety over employment/inflation hidden under the Millenials' shallow positivism and a Real Simple glossy expanse of negativespace and soma-like tranquility. Back when America was confident enough to be sloppy, embrace chain restaurants and think Bill Gates was cool. Anyway, this movie is perfectly timed and looks well-executed. It also looks like a way for Cameron Crowe to revisit his Singles-era glory days after his recent 2 hour music-video flops, i.e. Elizabethtown. Or it could just be the season for grunge documentaries. Either way, sign me up for this one.
UPDATE: Slate confirms the 'season of grunge' thesis (as well as touching on a couple of my other suggestions) in an insightful article by Monsieur Reynolds.
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