Achtung Baby/Zooropa remasters CONFIRMED for Fall 2011 by Rolling Stone

[Galeongirl]

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:FUCKYEAH:

 

[nielsgov]

Great news. I have to see this.

 

[Burlington77]

How does the film festival work? Is the movie just shown once and thats it or its shown continually throughout the length of the festival?

 

[theedgeu2]

Awwwwww yeeeeeeeaaaaahhhhh!!!

 

[Galeongirl]

No idea, but I hope this means it'll be in theatres worldwide!

 

[trojanchick99]

How does the film festival work? Is the movie just shown once and thats it or its shown continually throughout the length of the festival?

It would likely be shown once at the festival. Then they find a distributor and it will be released later. I'm not sure on the timing, but in the case of It Might Get Loud it was a longish wait. Premiered at TIFF, played at a couple other festivals, released the following summer.

 

[digitize]

*buys plane ticket to Toronto*

 

[prbiker15]

U2 > News > 'From The Sky Down'

:FUCKYEAH:

Awesome, I want to see this documentary. Badly.

 

[IanIinTheSky]

I hope it leads to Acrobat being given some thought about being played.

 

[Galeongirl]

I highly doubt it, but hey, we can dream right?

 

[IanIinTheSky]

I highly doubt it, but hey, we can dream right?

Oh I know it will probably never be played. Just wishful thinking on my part.

 

[PennyLanePHINS]

Is this the documentary that is most likely going to be on the deluxe edition of Achtung Baby?

 

[zoocarolina]

Awesome, can't wait for the box set to show up on amazon as well!

 

[Galeongirl]

Is this the documentary that is most likely going to be on the deluxe edition of Achtung Baby?

Yes, it was previously reported as being part of the remaster.

 

[Hollow Island]

*buys plane ticket to Toronto*

Dude, don't bother. By the time TIFF comes around, our emu blowing mayor will have found a way to cancel the festival.

 

[trojanchick99]

Yes, it was previously reported as being part of the remaster.

Here is the official synopsis:

Twenty years after the release of U2’s Achtung Baby (1991), Davis Guggenheim (Waiting for Superman, An Inconvenient Truth, It Might Get Loud) charts this groundbreaking album with new interviews, stories and unseen footage from Berlin and Dublin. Now a key chapter in their career, Achtung Baby was in Bono’s words “the sound of four men chopping down The Joshua Tree.”

I still hope they release this in theaters.

 

[JoRu]

Now I just have to get the Deluxe Edition. Can't miss out on awesome things like this (I assume the documentary will be on the Deluxe Edition), especially when it comes to albums like Achtung Baby.

 

[U2girl]

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So are they scrapping this documentary off the remaster if the movie will, presumably, enter theatres eventually ?

 

[trojanchick99]

If I were to guess, it might be handled like the Foo Fighters did. Release it for very limited release, one night only or just a week, then also include it on the super-duper deluxe editions.

 

[Galeongirl]

So are they scrapping this documentary off the remaster if the movie will, presumably, enter theatres eventually ?

Eh, how on earth do you draw that conclusion?

 

[morgan1098]

Eh, how on earth do you draw that conclusion?

The same way you drew the conclusion that the Guggenheim doc will be on the box set. There has been no official confirmation of the box set's contents. It's all wishful thinking at this point.

 

[U2girl]

Why would they put out a premiere at a movie festival - and possibly theatres later - if this documentary is only intened to be a part of the DVD ?

 

[nielsgov]

It's highly unlikely that this documentary won't be included in the deluxe edition of the remaster.

 

[Galeongirl]

The same way you drew the conclusion that the Guggenheim doc will be on the box set. There has been no official confirmation of the box set's contents. It's all wishful thinking at this point.

Uhm. No. It's been said before that there was a documentary that was taped in Winnipeg was for the AB remaster. How is it farfetched to consider this documentary and the one just announced for a film festival one and the same?

It's an entirely differnt thing claiming that because it'll be at a film festival it won't be on the remaster.

 

[Galeongirl]

Why would they put out a premiere at a movie festival - and possibly theatres later - if this documentary is only intened to be a part of the DVD ?

Because maybe it's not ONLY intended for a dvd? Who knows what other plans they have with this remaster.

 

[trojanchick99]

Why would they put out a premiere at a movie festival - and possibly theatres later - if this documentary is only intened to be a part of the DVD ?

It's pretty damn good marketing for the remaster. You premiere it at a top festival. Then you do a super limited run. Then advertise the box set just in time for the Holidays.

 

[mikal]

does anyone know if this documentary will be included in the deluxe remaster?

 

[nielsgov]

I think a certain poster knows it certainly won't be.

 

[nirniva]

Documentary sounds fantastic. Looks like I'm buying the deluxe edition...

 

[dazzledbylight]

That U2 are at the end of their days, they will stop releasing new(or remastered old nostalgia shite) material and will continue to tour small clubs with a greatest hits(again, nostalgia shite) setlist that consists of IALWx22 and Stuckx2 until Bono can't walk anymore.

ah.


shit.

Yeah, we're pretty fucked.. time to find a cliff and throw myself in the sea.