About a year ago we learned that filmmakers Scot McFadyen and Sam Dunn - creators of the critically acclaimed, award-winning documentary Metal: A Headbanger's Journey and its soon-to-be-released follow-up Global Metal - were planning on creating a documentary on Rush. They were present at last year's RushCon and the shows in Toronto getting footage and interviewing fans. The official press release about the project then came out in October of last year. The plan was originally to release it later this year, but the duo decided to first put out an Iron Maiden documentary that they were also working on. It now looks like the Rush documentary won't see the light of day until sometime later next year. Sam and Scott were recently interviewed by iConnotations and when asked about the Rush documentary, Sam Dunn had this to say:
... Well it's in the early stages yet. It's not a film that's going to be based around a particular tour like the [Iron] Maiden doc. It's going to be more of a history of the band and a chronicle or testament to their influence over the years. Because you guys know how influential Rush is on musicians and we just feel that nobody's ever really told their story. You know, it's funny - we've been listening to Rush for decades and I really don't feel like I know who they are still. They're quite private and I don't really have a sense of what makes them tick or the struggles that they've been through. So what we're aiming for is to try and pull that out and make it kind of a human story about how they've changed over the years - some of the struggles and experiences they've been through. And then - at the same time - show how influential they are. They're Canada's biggest rock band and they're one of the biggest rock bands in the world. So it's high time someone did something. ...
You can listen to the entire interview at this location or download the mp3 directly at this link. The Rush question occurs at about the 27-minute mark. Thanks to BlabberMouth.net for the heads up.
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