Someone recently recommended I revisit Jem Cohen’s documentary on FugaziInstrument. Released by Dischord Records on VHS in 1999, the film documents the band, its followers and also traces Cohen’s personal relationship with Ian MacKaye back to the 1970s DC, where the two met in high school. Shot between 1987 through 1998 on super 8, 16mm and video; the film is composed mainly of live concert footage, interviews with the band members, practices, tours and Fugazi’s studio sessions for the recording of their 1995 album, Red Medicine. The film also includes portraits of fans as well as interviews with them at various Fugazi shows around the United States throughout those years.
When asked what the goal was in making Instrument, Cohen responded:
I did feel that there were a lot of people that either didn’t have access to the band or had something of a misconception of what they were like. I wanted to address those issues to some degree, but what I really wanted to do was just capture music-making and try to make something that felt, visually, like music, and something where the music was inextricably tied in with the moving pictures.
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Ink 19 Interview with Jem Cohen
Austin Chronicle Review and Interview
Complete list of Jem Cohen’s films