It Might Get Loud

Dir Davis Guggenheim. 97 min. Real to Reel.

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BY Adam Nayman   September 01, 2008 13:09

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Another TIFF, another VH1-ready rock-documentary: this one features Jimmy Page, The Edge (avec toque) and Jack White (avec numerous borderline-insufferable affectations) meeting up in a carefully dressed-down warehouse and waxing philosophical about the electric guitar. Just because director Davis Guggenheim knowingly includes a clip from This Is Spinal Tap doesn’t mean his subjects don’t tread dangerously close to Nigel Tufnel territory whilst discussing sustain, although there are a few good bits, like White’s sincere appreciation of Son House and Edge sheepishly playing the riff from “Elevation” sans effects pedal (and, subsequently, sans riff). 

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