The doc is an inspiring reminder that creativity can sprout anywhere. The movie is full of incredible footage of the band (a rendition of Michael Jackson’s “Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough” for a handful of children in a backyard is epic stuff) with wry, warmly reflective interviews from the members themselves. and Mission of Burma.Ī documentary on the band, “We Were Famous, You Don’t Remember: The Embarrassment” directed by Daniel Fetherston and Danny Szlauderbach, is having its California premiere on Thursday at Brain Dead Studios on Fairfax. In the band’s brief career, it played a jittery, danceable punk-adjacent rock that, in a better world, would have positioned them alongside R.E.M. But people a few clicks older and cooler than me, like the manager at a video store where I worked the counter, spoke of an early-’80s band from Wichita called the Embarrassment in hushed, mythic tones. Scenes of rich overlords sipping Champagne and acting irritated while the crowd howls for bread rarely end well for the Champagne sippers.”įinally, an Embarrassment doc When I was growing up in Kansas, it could seem like a real cultural wasteland, from which nothing interesting could ever come. Our Mary McNamara took a step back to assess how this all looks, noting, “Honestly, watching the studios turn one strike into two makes you wonder whether any of their executives have ever seen a movie or watched a television show. As Anousha Sakoui reported, the union released a 12-page document outlining its demands and the studios’ response. Welcome to another edition of your regular field guide to a world of Only Good Movies.Īs the actors’ strike enters its second week, SAG-AFTRA is trying to make it clear just how far apart both sides are on many key issues.
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