Breadcrumb Trail (film)

Breadcrumb Trail is a 2014 documentary film directed by Lance Bangs[1] on the Louisville, Kentucky band Slint.

Breadcrumb Trail
Directed byLance Bangs
Produced byLance Bangs
Starring
Music bySlint
others
Edited byAlex Morris
Release date
March 10, 2014
Running time
93 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Content

Breadcrumb Trail focusus on Slint's seminal album, Spiderland, and the Louisville music scene from which the band originated.[2] Appearances are made by former members of Slint, their friends and family, Steve Albini, Brian Paulson, and other musicians.[3] The film includes songs, demos, and live performances from Slint and other bands; most of these bands had contained one or more members from Slint's lineup.

Release

Breadcrumb trail had a limited theatrical release on March 10, 2014.[4] On April 15, Touch and Go released a remastered Spiderland box set containing a DVD copy of the documentary[5]; the documentary is also included with the remastered vinyl edition of the album.

Reception

Reception for Breadcrumb Trail has been positive. James S. Rich liked the film, calling it "an exciting examination of the more ephemeral aspects of artistic creation."[6] Dan Nixon of The Quietus stated "while it's subject matter isn’t going to appeal outside of some pretty narrow boundaries, that’s a shame, as the story is refreshing in the way it demystifies the process of creating music."[7] In a review for tinymixtapes, Paul Bower called it "an extremely well put-together documentary" and "without a doubt the best film he’s ever made" (in reference to director Lance Bangs).[8]

gollark: Oh, and if you look at versions where it's "pull lever to divert trolley onto different people" versus "push person off bridge to stop trolley", people tend to be less willing to sacrifice one to save five in the second case, because they're more involved and/or it's less abstract somehow.
gollark: There might be studies on *that*, actually, you might be able to do it without particularly horrible ethical problems.
gollark: You don't know that. We can't really test this. Even people who support utilitarian philosophy abstractly might not want to pull the lever in a real visceral trolley problem.
gollark: Almost certainly mostly environment, yes.
gollark: It's easy to say that if you are just vaguely considering that, running it through the relatively unhurried processes of philosophizing™, that sort of thing. But probably less so if it's actually being turned over to emotion and such, because broadly speaking people reaaaallly don't want to die.

References
  1. "'Breadcrumb Trail' is a Look Behind the Curtain of the Classic Spiderland LP, Directed by Lance Bangs". Noisey.
  2. "Breadcrumb Trail (2014)".
  3. "Breadcrumb Trail (Film, Rockumentary): Reviews, Ratings, Cast and Crew - Rate Your Music". rateyourmusic.com.
  4. "Breadcrumb Trail".
  5. "Slint - Spiderland". Discogs.
  6. "'Breadcrumb Trail' uncovers what happened to indie-rock innovators Slint: Indie & art house films".
  7. "The Quietus - Film - Film Reviews - Some Fucking Stars: Slint Documentary Breadcrumb Trail Reviewed".
  8. "Film Review: Breadcrumb Trail (Dir. Lance Bangs)".


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