The last time we heard from Davis Guggenheim he was winning an Oscar for An Inconvenient Truth (which turned itself into “Al Gore won an Oscar.”) There is no mistaking the director behind this project, however. Guggenheim sat down recently for press alongside Jimmy Page and Jack White — the other guitarist in the film, The Edge, wasn’t there. These dudes are phenomenal, as Jeff Spicoli might say. ¬†Click here for¬†private guitar lessons.
Q: Jack and Jimmy, both of you have discussed doing solo albums. What can we expect, musically, from those albums, and would you want to guest on each other’s albums?
Jack: (Joking) I think Jimmy needs to practice a little more, before something like that happens.
Q: Do you think today’s audience is more interested in the personality of the musician or the musicality of the performer?
Jack: Lines are getting a little bit blurred. People are famous for being famous, in this decade. You have to make a choice. There are distractions, all around. There’s so much media now, for a young kid to battle against, to get to something soulful. You have to make a decision, on your own, what you can take from these people, if you can dig deeper. It’s nice to be able to let people dig deeper. This film is letting people dig deeper into the music, let alone the personalities. It doesn’t matter what high school Jimmy or I, or The Edge, went to. But, there are things you can dig into with the music and where it comes from.
It Might Get Loud is among the high profile docs in the race this year and, for the most part, it reaches across generations, always a good thing for Oscar voters. Originally discovered on ONTD, where they provide pictures and a youtube vid.
