During the broadcast,
a montage of talking heads featuring a range of prominent filmmakers (Ken Loach, Michael Haneke, Liv Ullmann, Costa - Gavras, Fatih Akin, et al) are posed the question, «what is a European film?»
Not exact matches
weaves concert footage with backstage footage plus old home movies,
talking head interviews and enough fandemonium
montages to burn out the filmmakers» copy
of Final Cut Pro.
McGuigan rarely makes a misstep until he allows these final scenes to become bogged down by
talking heads and constant flashbacks, where a stylish
montage, a la The Usual Suspects, would have capped it all off quite nicely in only a fraction
of the time.
While it's nice to see such bands as The Police and
Talking Heads portrayed in the film, these appearances could have been relegated to an end -
of - movie
montage without stopping the story momentum every two minutes.