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It's a documentary, not a movie. So no 3D. That would be far too hard for the eyes and cause major headaches.
They heard almost all AB tracks being played. So it'll probably be some sort of evolution or so on the tracks, how they sounded back then, how they sound now.
They usually do have press conferences, and no, you would not have access to them. However, after every gala premiere (and this would be one), the filmmaker and actors (in this case likely at least Bono I believe has been confirmed) get on stage after the screening and talk a bit and answer a few questions. No more than 15-20 mins.
You can also see them on the red carpet as they arrive to the theatre, since they do the usual Q&A there.
It's going to be very difficult to get tickets to the gala screening. There will be multiple screenings but the gala is the only one that would be attended by members of the band. If memory serves me correctly, last year gala screenings were in the $45 range. That is if you bought individual tickets rather than a festival pass for x movies. Other screenings were around $20.
There are a few exceptions where there is an across the board black tie/gala type deal, and with those, often with the film screening only part of a larger dinner/party event, but most film premieres are not even remotely glamorous. A tiny % of people will get all dressed up because they will be (or think they will be, or desperately hope they will be) photographed or filmed or whatever, but 95% of the audience will just be dressed to see a movie.
BUT Bono did sing some lines of SO CRUEL to fans outside Hansa!
AB only has 11 songs anyway.
It's a documentary, not a movie. So no 3D. That would be far too hard for the eyes and cause major headaches.
That's, IMO, not a really valid argument. There are documentaries that are, at least in parts, filmed in 3D. Wim Wenders recently did one. National Geographics is doing all sorts of 3D documentaries für IMAX.
I guess it depends on how the documentary is made, if it's more movie-like or more like a report with interviews and stuff.
The director made It Might Get Loud. I highly doubt he'll change styles suddenly for this documentary. I'd rather assume it will be similar. In that kind of setting, I don't see how 3D would work.
Wim Wenders' most recent documentary is about an experimental dance troupe. Werner Herzog's doc from this year is about cave paintings in France. So you're talking about 3D being used to accentuate a certain kind of movement, or to showcase an interior space and give it more depth.
There is NO reason that a documentary about U2 needs to be or would be in 3D. For what? A breathtaking look inside Hansa Ton studios?
One drag clip in 3d?
Apparently the DVD release of this will be included in one of the Achtung re-release in the fall.
I hope it is also available as a stand-alone DVD or Blu-Ray.
Gee, I never actually expected that. At all.
Yeah, I love being right.
Hey, if you got a reputation as a smart ass, might as well rub it in no?
It made no sense for the documentary to not be included in the box sets. That said, I'd also wager it will eventually be sold separately.
It made no sense for the documentary to not be included in the box sets. That said, I'd also wager it will eventually be sold separately.
$1000 says the documentary includes Bono telling the Berlin stories about getting caught in his birthday suit in the place he rented, and the band getting caught in a pro-communism rally.