The read
It runs a compact 1h 27m.
Synopsis
The late-'60s avant garde rock band CAN gets a feature-length tribute with this affectionate documentary chronicling its odd inception and subsequent career. In CAN -- The Documentary, the remaining band members are interviewed amidst culled together archival footage from talk shows, concerts, and television appearances to paint a portrait of a band who always remained happily on the sidelines of mass appeal, mixing street music, jazz, folk, and rock into a sometimes poppy, sometimes abstract stew. The band's influence on such seminal acts as Sonic Youth and Talking Heads is also analyzed.
Ratings
IMDb7.8/10
2 audience votes
Key crew
- Rudi DolezalDirector
- Hannes RossacherDirector
Cast
- Holger CzukayCast
- Jaki LiebezeitCast
- Michael KaroliCast
- Malcolm MooneyCast
- Kris NeedsCast
- Shirley KaroliCast
- Irmin SchmidtCast
Themes
krautrock