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Meet Me in the Bathroom

An immersive journey through the New York music scene of the early 2000s.

5.7 / 10

108 minutes

2022-11-04

Spanish

GB

Actors :

Adam Green, Kimya Dawson, Karen O, Julian Casablancas, Albert Hammond Jr., Nick Zinner, Ryan Gentles, Paul Banks, Daniel Kessler, Brian Chase, David Sitek, Tunde Adebimpe, Carlos Dengler, Sam Fogarino, James Murphy

Description

Set against the backdrop of 9/11, this documentary tells the story of how a new generation kickstarted a musical rebirth for New York City that reverberated around the world.

Reviews

Patrick Martin Jr.

Patrick Martin Jr.

12/19/2022, 3:44:12 PM

Another good doc about a place in time (Y2K/9-11) and the people who created art our to pain and desire. Lots of good archival footage and some driving interviews that make you want to go out and start a band too. Best line I’ve ever heard about how to relate tp parents disappointment about wanting to be a musician: “my parents were immigrants and you tell them you want to be in a band, I may...

CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

1/13/2024, 10:43:03 AM

Not that it's exactly comparable, but I grew up very much amidst a folk music scene with loads of extremely mediocre working-class musicians - ballad singers, guitarists, fiddlers etc., who all thought they would go on to some sort of musical greatness. Watching this, it's good to know that those ridiculous pipe dreams were not just confined to Glasgow in the 1970s. Spool on to the early naughties...