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by chesty

Anvil!: The Story of Anvil (imdb)

Enough’s been written about this well-done doc. Watching it last night for the first time, I also had a recent Village Voice interview with Ted Leo rattling in my head. (Related.) His music and Anvil’s couldn’t be more different, but both lead you to one place: that biz is definitely a young person’s game.

You hear plenty of successful entertainers (musicians, athletes, etc) say that they’d do it for free, even if there wasn’t the fame, money or audience. And it’s easy to be cynical and doubt that. They may be the exception, but Anvil drowns that cynicism since they’d been doing it for relatively zero money (and fans) for years now.

It’s a terrific look at music as business vs. passion. And even though the band is laughably-metal, it’s hard not to root for them for 90 minutes.


3.5 out of 5 ice cream sandwiches