For some aging music fans and kids with a passion for musical history, The Replacements are rock and roll defined. Gorman Bechard's remarkable history of the 'Mats takes us from their first show as the Impediments to their 1991 onstage breakup in Chicago, and everywhere in between. Bechard bravely eschews including the band's music, photos, and live footage, instead relying solely on the fans: their well-kept memories, hilarious anecdotes, and differing points of views about the foursome's wildly varied discography and infamous antics.
Direction
Radical choice: no music, no photos, just unreliable narrators.
Editing
Fan stories cut like a shaggy bar argument at 2am.
Writing
Anecdotes so good they don't need verification.
Director
Gorman Bechard
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
US
