Green Day have revealed the trailer for their forthcoming @heart Like A Hand Grenade’ feature-length documentary. The film depicts their ‘American Idiot’ recording experience over a decade since the album’s release.
The film, directed by John Roecker, will be released in cinemas on the 15th October 2015.
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“I would have total access to the band and could film everything,” filmmaker John Roecker revealed as part of a lengthy official statement. “During this time Metallica released their film ‘Some Kind of Monster’ a film that showed a band on the verge of artistic collapse and infighting. I told Billie about the film and he thought because there was no drama going on with the band I did not want to continue with the film. I was thinking the opposite.”
“This film does not contain high drama or fighting,” he continues. “It shows a band on top of their game creating incredible music. It is a film that inspires. It is also a very small film. All it took was a box of tapes and one camera. Going back to the D.I.Y. Ethic that I was raised with. It was also a risk for the band because this album was either going to take them to a higher level or sink them. Either way I was going to document it.”