Metallica: This Monster Lives: The Inside Story of Some Kind of MonsterMetallica is one of the most successful hard-rock bands of all time, having sold more than ninety million albums worldwide. Receiving unique, unfettered access, acclaimed filmmakers Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky followed Metallica over two and a half years as they faced monumental personal and professional challenges that threatened to destroy the bands just as they returned to the studio to record their first album in four years. While the documentary itself provides an insider's view of Metallica, the two and a half years of production (and more than 1,600 hours of footage) garnered far more than can be expressed in a two-hour film. Berlinger's book about the experience reveals the stories behind the film, capturing the energy, uncertainty, and ultimate triumph of both the filming and Metallica's bid for survival. It weaves the on-screen stories together with what happened off-screen, offering intimate details of the band's struggle amidst personnel changes, addiction, and controversy. In part because Berlinger was one of the only witnesses to the intensive group-therapy sessions and numerous band meetings, his account of his experience filming the band is the most honest and deeply probing book about Metallica - or any rock band - ever written. This is the book both Metallica and film fans have dreamed of - a stark and honest look at one of rock's most important bands through the eyes of the most provocative documentary filmmakers working today. |
Contents
THE LIVING MONSTER | 1 |
1 PITCH EM ALL | 9 |
2 GIVE ME FUEL GIVE ME FIRE GINNE SHELTER | 15 |
3 WEST MEMPHIS AND BEYOND | 24 |
4 THE WITCHS SPELL | 34 |
5 SAFE AND WARM | 45 |
6 NO REMORSE | 54 |
7 EXIT LIGHT | 64 |
14 WELCOME HOME | 140 |
15 MADLY IN ANGER | 151 |
16 TO LIVE IS TO DIE | 173 |
17 SILENCE NO MORE | 186 |
18 THEIR AIM IS TRUJILLO | 205 |
19 THE BELL TOLLS | 222 |
20 FRANTICTICTOCK | 236 |
21 NONSTER INC | 257 |
8 ENTER NIGHT | 76 |
9 THE BOOTS THAT KICK YOU AROUND | 86 |
10 SHOOT ME AGAIN | 99 |
11 VISIBLE KID | 109 |
12 KARMAS BURNING | 119 |
13 SEEK AND DEPLOY | 131 |
22 THE END THAT WILL NEVER END | 267 |
23 LIVING THE MONSTER | 284 |
THE OSLO INTERVIEWS | 295 |
SOME KIND OF CREDITS A PARTIAL LIST | 303 |
NOTES | 307 |
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Metallica: This Monster Lives: The Inside Story of Some Kind of Monster Joe Berlinger,Greg Milner No preview available - 2004 |
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