2008 · documentary · music
Anvil! The Story of Anvil
Directed by Sacha Gervasi1h 21m2008
At 14, best friends Robb Reiner and Lips made a pact to rock together forever. Their band, Anvil, hailed as the "demi-gods of Canadian metal" influenced a musical generation that includes Metallica, Slayer, and Anthrax. Following a calamitous European tour, Lips and Robb, now in their fifties, set off to record their 13th album in one last attempt to fulfill their boyhood dreams.
Our read: Anvil! The Story of Anvil (2008) reads as a warm, steady, grounded documentary · music entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, tender in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Warm, steady, measured documentary / music, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, tender.
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