For all of film’s cultural preeminence and the great insight and
immediacy that it affords, it has historically had a hard time
capturing musical trends of the moment, or telling practical and
convincing stories about bands. What’s most
difficult to convey about music, and thus fold into a proper narrative,
is its careening catharsis.
Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny, though, captures
with such full force of personality the swagger, unchecked id and
playtime allure of music that it reminds you – albeit in garish,
heightened strokes – of why one falls in love with music in the first
place. “For me, Tenacious D is about what you are and what you wish you were,” explains Liam Lynch, the film’s director. For the full feature, from CityBeat, click here.