DVD

Don't Break Down

Movie

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Release Date April 14, 2021
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Catalog No.KIBF-1960
JAN/ISBN 4988003868000
Product Type DVD
TV Standard NTSC
Number of Discs 1
Label/DistributorKing Records
Color Color
Running Time 77minutes
Original Release Year 2019
Layers single-sided/dual-layered
Aspect Ratio(s) 16:9
Region 2
Subtitles Japanese
Audio Track English Dolby Digital 2.0ch

Description

[Machine Translation] The band members reunite for the first time in eleven years, and the tension begins to build. --The band was active for 10 years from 1986 to 1996, and was extremely popular in the independent scene among punk rock bands after American hardcore blew up in the early 80's. The band was also called "emo-core (emotional hardcore)". Jawbreaker was one of the most important punk rock bands in the U.S. in the 1990s. Blake (vocals, G.), Adam (dr.), and Chris (B.) are a three-piece band, and they were big fans of SST, a label run by Greg Ginn of BLACK FLAG, and they hit it off. Later, while attending college in New York City, Blake and Adam were asked by Joe Strummer and D. Boone (minutemen) to form the band RED HARVEST, and later stated that their favorite bands were Government Issue, Naked Raygun, Wire, Husker Du, Rites of Spring, Descendents, Sonic, Necros, and Necklaces. The name of the band on Chris's ad for band members read, "Band Members Needed," and they contacted Chris, and Jawbreaker was formed. The band moved from New York to Los Angeles to San Francisco, working in the indie scene, and seemed to be the only band that could fill the gap between Green Day and Nirvana, until one incident led to the band being called "against the spirit of punk," and they were forced to buy tickets and put their backs to the stage. The band suddenly disbanded in 1996 after a terrible bashing, with many fans protesting by buying tickets and turning their backs to the stage. Jawbreaker/Don't Break Down" is a film that directly depicts the trajectory of Jawbreaker's activities and the circumstances surrounding their breakup. The band's activities as an indie band, their solicitation for a major label, their approach to songwriting, and their relationship with their supportive audience. The distortions that arise when a band seeks commercial success, no matter how large or small, cannot help but raise fundamental questions about what the band is for, what a band is, what creation is, and what expression is. Directed by Keith Schieron and Tim Irwin, the duo behind the minutemen documentary "Minutemen: We Jam Econo" ( 2005 ), this film was made in 2007 after 11 years of production. The film also shows the members reuniting for the first time in 11 years in 2007, suggesting that the project for this film had been in the works at that time. However, it was not until 2017 that the film premiered at the festival, and it was not until 2019 that all rights were processed and the film was ready for commercial distribution. The director, Keith Skieron, passed away in 2016 from a glioblastoma brain tumor.

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Description in Japanese

ジョウブレイカー/ドント・ブレイク・ダウン / 洋画

「寝返ったつもりはなかったんだ」11年ぶりのメンバー再会に走る緊張90年代アメリカン・パンク最重要バンド、ジョウブレイカーの知られざる軌跡。――1986年~1996年の10年間活動、80年代前半に吹き荒れたアメリカン・ハードコア以降のパンクロックの中でもインディペンデント・シーンでひときわ絶大な人気を誇り、エモコア (エモーショナル・ハードコア)とも呼ばれた90年代アメリカの最重要パンク・ロックバンド、ジョウブレイカー。ブレイク (Vo.、G.)、アダム (Dr.)、クリス (B.)の3人からなる3ピースバンド。BLACK FLAGのグレッグ・ギンが運営するレーベルSSTの大ファンで意気投合したブレイクとアダムは高校時代にジョー・ストラマーとD・ブーン (minutemen)に直接勧められRED HARVESTというバンドを結成、のちにニューヨークの大学に通うことになったとき、「好きなバンドはGOVERNMENT ISSUE、NAKED RAYGUN、WIRE、HUSKER DU、RITES OF SPRING、DESCENDENTS、SONIC YOUTH、NECROSなど」「バンド・メンバー求む」と記されたクリスのメンバー募集広告に書かれたバンド名に衝撃を受けた二人が連絡、ジョウブレイカーは結成された。ニューヨーク、ロサンゼルス、サンフランシスコと拠点を移しながらインディーズ・シーンで活動、グリーン・デイとニルヴァーナのあいだに存在するギャップを埋められる唯一のバンドと思われた存在だったが、ある出来事で"パンクの精神に反している"と罵られ、チケットを買ってまでステージに背中を向けて抗議するファンが多数出現するなど、凄まじいバッシングを受け、96年に突如解散した。『ジョウブレイカー/ドント・ブレイク・ダウン』はそんなジョウブレイカーの知られざる活動の軌跡、解散の顛末をそのままストレートに映し出した作品。インディーズでの活動、メジャーレーベルの勧誘、楽曲創作への姿勢、支えてくれるオーディエンスとの関係。バンドが規模の大小はあれど少しでも商業的な成功を求めた場合に生じる歪みは、何のために活動するのか、バンドとは、創作とは、表現とは、という根源的な問いに対する思考を巡らさずにはいられない。監督はminutemenのドキュメンタリー映画『ミニットメン: ウィ・ジャム・エコノ』 (2005)のキース・スキエロンとティム・アーウィンのコンビ。本作は2007年に約11年ぶりに再会を果たしたメンバーの姿も映しだされ、その時点でこの映画の企画が立ち上がっていたことを伺わせる。だが映画祭で初上映されたのは2017年、またすべての権利処理がなされて商業的ディストリビューションが可能となったのが2019年である。なお、監督のキース・スキエロンは2016年に膠芽腫脳腫瘍でこの世を去っている。

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