Re:Generation (2012)

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A catalyst for musical innovation, Re:Generation Music Project is a new documentary that examines music's past, present and future, while yielding five revolutionary collaborations in the process. Directed by award-winning documentarian, Amir Bar-Lev, the documentary follows five electronic… More A catalyst for musical innovation, Re:Generation Music Project is a new documentary that examines music's past, present and future, while yielding five revolutionary collaborations in the process. Directed by award-winning documentarian, Amir Bar-Lev, the documentary follows five electronic DJs/producers as they re-imagine music collaborating with influential artists from each genre. In the film, The Crystal Method, DJ Premier, Pretty Lights, Mark Ronson, and Skrillex use technology to mix musical styles and generations for the creation of five original tracks that are nothing short of magical. Re:Generation Music Project will enjoy a unique nationwide, one-night only theatrical release in select cities and venues on Feb. 16, 2012. Encore screenings to be scheduled for Feb 23rd. -- (C) Official Site

Rating, Runtime: Unrated, 1 hr. 30 min.
Directed By: Amir Bar-Lev
Genres: Musical & Performing Arts, Documentary

In Theaters: Feb 16, 2012 Limited
Studio: D&E Entertainment

Critic Reviews

Neil Genzlinger, New York Times
The film includes a disappointing amount of the mutual-admiration fluff that show-business types traffic in; everyone thinks everyone else is great and blah blah blah.
Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News
Music fans of all stripes should appreciate Amir Bar-Lev's entertaining documentary - and in fact, that's the very idea he's aiming for.
Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times
Pleasant but pointless, "Re:Generation Music Project" is a commercial in search of a product.
Dennis Harvey, Variety
The process recorded by helmer Amir Bar-Lev holds attention with its peek at the widely ranging personalities, work methods and expertise demonstrated by musicians of different generations and varying experience.
Tom Keogh, Seattle Times
A well-meaning but overreaching documentary that strains to make a Theory of Everything argument about power and powerlessness in America. Ultimately, it fails to convince about much of anything.
Matt Pais, RedEye
Recalls It Might Get Loud in capturing an experiment done for no reason other than to see what happens when creative minds smash together.