The Last Scene (A Documentary)

For as much press as the "garage rock" and "return to REAL rock" bands got in the early-mid 00's (Strokes, White Stripes, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Interpol, etc.) there's no denying that "Emo" (catch all term for basically what was the Warped Tour scene) then was far bigger. Never really got taken seriously so cool to see someone's doing a documentary on it. I just hope they don't over-romanticize bands that didn't matter much and portray the whole story through the commercial heights of the genre.

 

This definitely won't be the FIRST documentary on this (Bastards of Young covered this era/these bands like 15 years ago?) but I'd be interested in checking it out

 

Would be really interested to see this a lot of it shaped my musical tastes. No negativity, just genuine curiosity - how do you deal with the Brandnew shaped elephant in the room? They were a big part of things but presumably you just have to omit all mention?

 

I mean, inevitably there would be integral bands omitted from the film, so I don't think it'd feel incomplete without them specifically mentioned.

 

Or if you do mention them, you mention everything.

 

In a perfect world they mention those pivotal bands from the scene and also include all of the problematic/wrong things their members did. I'd hope that's what the documentary does. Sadly, I don't know if it'll happen. Hopefully I'm proven wrong.

 

It's trying to be "the definitive film" about the era but only 30-45 minutes in length (if they hit the $25k goal). I have low expectations for it to be as cool as it could be, but I am looking forward to these interviews.

 

This would be like doing the history of pop music and omitting Michael Jackson. It just can't make sense.

Side note: It's shocking how many Brand New fans completely deny that Jesse did anything wrong. If you can separate art from artist, go for it, but people literally just deny that he did anything that multiple young women claimed.

 

For sure, that would be entirely reasonable too, and would serve to highlight the degree of fandom and how it was taken advantage of.

I guess I didn't think in a mini doc it would be useful to spend most of the time listing names, and although I recognize Brand New is a cornerstone of that period, it isn't that they're specifically unique (e.g. first to get a major label deal or something) and the story can't be told without them.

 

I'm looking forward to this feature. Kyle already has a bunch of great names locked down. The more folks pledge, the more in-depth he can go. I think this doc should be made.