AnoutstandingcomedywhosepoeticstylehearkensbacktothefilmsofWesAnderson.Ittellsofayoungsterfocusedonwinningthenationwidedrummingchampionshipinspiteofcertainobstacles–suchasnothavinganydrums!AfilmthatiseverybitashardcoreasJimmyPage’sguitar,andeverybitasendearingasRobertPlant’swaistcoats.
Therearealotoffilmsthatsticktothehackneyedthemeoftheoutsiderbentonfulfillinghisdreaminspiteofalltheodds–thankstowhichhenotonlyachieveshiscovetedsuccessbut,moreover,instilshopeintheheartsoftheweakanddegradedthroughhiscourageanddetermination.ButnoneofthesefilmshashadaprotagonistascharismaticasPower–ayoungmanobsessedwithdrummingdrumlessly(read:steadygesticulationsettotherhythmoflegendaryheavymetalanthems),whoseaimistowinthenationwidedrummingchampionship,supportstrikingminersinNewMexicoandwintheheartofagirlwhowentdeafattheageofthreeataStatusQuoconcert.Thisbrilliantcomedy–reminiscentofthefilmsofWesAndersoninitsfascinationwithbizarretwistsonstandardgenrethemes–willthrillyouevenifyouarenotafanof1970shard-rockdinosaurs.Butyoumustn’tforgetPower’screedwhileyou’rewatching:“Idon’tneeddrums.Iamdrums!"
Aboutthedirector
AriGoldreceivedaStudentOscarin2000forhisfilmHelicopter,anexperimentalshortfilminwhichheusedauthenticphotography,scenereconstructionsandanimatedsequencestotellofthetragicdeathofhismother.TheSundanceFestivalacceptedGold’sshortstudentfilmsforthreeconsecutiveyears,andoneofthem–thesixty-secondfilmCulture,whichthefilmmakeraccompaniedwitha10-pointmanifestosignedwiththepseudonymArivonGold–elicited(particularlyinSerbia)awaveofsimilarfilmsofexactlyoneminuteinlengthavowing“Dogma99”.Inadditiontofilmmaking,AriGoldisalsoadedicatedmusician–hesingsinthebandsTheHoneyBrothersandTheGoldBrothers,heplaystheukulele,thepianoandoccasionallythedrums.ThefilmAdventuresofPowerishisfirstfeature-lengthfilm.