Sep 25, 2022
Do you know where i can find Heart like a hand grenade? I had the chance to watch it a few years ago and i would like to watch it again
Some kind soul uploaded it to the Internet Archive. Enjoy.
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Do you know where i can find Heart like a hand grenade? I had the chance to watch it a few years ago and i would like to watch it again
Some kind soul uploaded it to the Internet Archive. Enjoy.
I was googling for something else and found this Kerrang interview with John Roecker about Heart Like a Hand Grenade
HEART LIKE A HAND GRENADE DIRECTOR JOHN ROECKER TAKES KERRANG! INSIDE GREEN DAY'S EXPLOSIVE NEW AMERICAN IDIOT ROCK DOC...
GOOD THINGS COME to those who wait. Case in point: Green Day, and their brand-new, fly-on-the-wall rock documentary Heart Like A Hand Grenade. Eleven years after the Berkeley titans unleashed American Idiot, the band are getting set to unveil a film on the writing and recording of the album that changed everything - including rare concert footage from the time of release.To celebrate this whole new insight into Green Day’s world, we grabbed a word with the man behind the lens, John Roecker,to talk American Idiot, punk rock and, um, nudity. . .
HI, JOHN! SO, HOW DID YOU GET INTO DIRECTING INITIALLY?
“I’m a Los Angeles punk-rocker from the early days, and before the punk-rock revolution happened, we basically thought we couldn’t do anything. But then punk rock came around and said to us, ‘You can do whatever you want to do.’ It said, ‘You can pick up a camera,’ or, ‘You can pick up a microphone.’ And so I thought, ‘That’s what I want to do.”’
AND HOW DID YOU COME TO WORK WITH GREEN DAY?
“When I heard about American Idiot, I said to Billie Joe [Armstrong, vocals/guitar], ‘Oh my god, you need to film this thing. It sounds amazing!’ and he was like, ‘No, I don’t think it’s worth it.’ It’s a lot of pressure to put on someone for them to be on camera filming a brand-new project, but he trusted me and said, ‘Okay, bring your camera with you on Monday,’ and nine months later, there we go!”
LOOKING BACK ON THOSE NINE MONTHS, DO YOU REMEMBER THEM WELL, OR WAS IT JUST ONE BIG BLUR?
“No, I remember everything. Like an elephant! I was talking toTre’s [Cool, drum] tech when I got there [on the first day] because I had never been in on an album recording like that before, and I was like, ‘So, how long is this going to take, man? Like, a month or something?’ And he’s like, ‘Oh no! We’ll be here for eight or nine months.’ I was just like, ‘What have I gotten myself into?’ (laughs).”
HOW DID YOU APPROACH FILMING? THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME GREEN DAY HAD LET ANYONE RECORD THEM IN THE STUDIO...
“I was just happy when I was filming that I didn’t bump into anything! I remember filming Billie Joe play Wake Me Up When September Ends on an acoustic guitar, and I needed to cough so badly, so I had to hold my breath because I was that close to him and couldn’t make a sound (laughs). No-one has done anything like that before! No band allows that to happen. There was so much trust and mutual admiration - which was very nice!”
DID YOU FEEL LIKE YOU WERE A PART OF SOMETHING SPECIAL AND THE BAND WERE ONTO SOMETHING BIG?
“To be honest, I had no idea. I thought it was remarkable, but I wasn’t sure what other people would think - I never really trust the ‘masses’ (laughs). I remember being really afraid of the American Idiot title - I was worried that the name would mean that people weren’t going to listen to the music. And me of all people said, ‘Gosh, maybe you should change the name of the album...’ and Billie Joe said, ‘No.’”
HOW DO YOU TURN FOOTAGE OF A BAND IN THE STUDIO INTO SOMETHING EXCITING AND WATCHABLE?
“The thing is, it’s very exciting, because I got to get as close as you can be to three amazing musicians. I would film everything while I was in there - I’d even film a drum solo, it was that good. I was stuck in a studio with the best musicians in the world!’’
IN YOUR STATEMENT ABOUT THE DOCUMENTARY, YOU MENTIONED METALLICA’S SOME KIND OF MONSTER. HOW DID THAT FILM AFFECT YOU RECORDING GREEN DAY?
“When I saw that film, I was like, This is going to destroy Metallica.’ I mean, it’s a remarkable film, and it was everywhere at the time - on the cover of every magazine, including Kerrangl. And I was just like, This is such a different journey that I’m on with Green Day.’ Because everyone was getting along; everyone was happy.That was how I wanted it to be - I’m not interested in a band acting up for the cameras. All I care about is finding out how these bands wrote their songs and how they recorded them. And that’s what this movie is. It’s writing, recording, band practice and the stage. It’s the journey, and it’s exactly what I wanted. I want to be inspired by bands. I want people to watch this and go, ‘I can do that’.’’
NO-ONE ENJOYS SEEING THEIR FAVOURITE BANDS FIGHTING...
“And I swear to you, if they were fighting at all, I would have filmed it! But they’re not that type of band. Billie Joe is just a very nice guy, and that’s what I like about him. If something bad happened, we could laugh about it. In fact, there was a fire in the studio on day one of recording, and he just laughed it off. He was like, ‘Is that the worst thing that can happen? Okay then!”’
so, WHM MADE NOW THE TIME TO RELEASE THIS FILM?
“There’s no logic to it. I don’t know. It was just something like, ‘Hey, let’s do this now!’ I spent so much time on it, went back through the whole 300 hours of footage to just make sure it’s perfect.
It feels natural, and that’s how the film is, too. We didn’t have any rules and we could basically do what we wanted. I had so much freedom, and that’s the weird thing about it. I was very lucky, because it was just us, and not a bunch of suits telling us to take bits out or whatever. And if I could be an inspiration for someone to make a film or a record, then that is success to me. I’m the worst businessman in the world (laughs)!’
WE'VE SEEN GREEN DAY IN THE STUDIO ON 2013'S iCUATRO! - THE MAKING OF
:UNO, DOS AND TRE. HOW DOES THis DOCUMENTARY DIFFER FROM THAT?
“Well, there’s shots of them naked (laughs). It’s a very close and intimate thing. You’ve never seen them this close before - literally! The band recorded the album in order, so the guitar in American Idiot is first, and Whatshername is the last bass note that Mike plays. Who gets to have that kind of experience where they spend nine months with this amazing band? We didn’t even think it was going to be so huge.They were literally just like, ‘We’re going to take a chance and do this. . . Fuck it. If it hits, then it hits, but if it doesn’t, it doesn’t.”’
HOW DO YOU THINK THE FILM IS GOING TO BE RECEIVED, THEN?
“I have no idea! I just want people to see it. I want them to experience what I experienced - that’s the goal for me. I don’t care about making money. There’s been so many great documentaries this year - the Kurt Cobain one [Montage Of Heck], Amy... It’s insane.This is the year of music documentaries. With this one, there’s no suicide or death or misery - it’s the complete opposite.
It’s a happy ending!”
Heart Like A Hand Grenade hits cinemas on October 15
from Heart Like a Hand Grenade (2015)
from Heart Like a Hand Grenade (2015)
from Heart Like a Hand Grenade (2015)
from Heart Like a Hand Grenade (2015)