Stevo: In fact, there are so many “ oh my God” moments that I truly don’t know where to begin… but also, I’m conscious of spoiling it – so this review is more about whetting your appetite and getting you excited about what’s to come… because believe me, there’s plenty to get excited about with this film! I’m sure even spotted some behind the scenes photo shoot preparation from the Official 1995 Roxette calendar… Paul: Spot on! You’re so right – I found myself saying that so many times at so many different parts of the movie. Then there’s the stuff you’ve never seen before like “ oh my God, there’s Marie rehearsing Half a Woman, Half a Shadow for the 88 Tour”. Stevo: And that’s the beauty of the film – there are so many moments where you’re left pointing at the screen saying “ oh my God” that’s from the Joyride video” or “ that’s how they did the voice box vocals in Dangerous”.
#BAND ROXETTE JOYRIDE VIDEO MOVIE#
And that’s precisely what this movie is – a collection of incredible moments.
success – it’s guarded and utterly personal moments such as these that really makes you appreciate what a privilege it is be allowed to witness such incredible moments. You know you’ve seen amazing intimate moments when you’re riding in the back seat of a car with Marie and Per in America and “Listen to Your Heart” comes on the radio and they turn up the volume as they celebrate their U.S. The project is billed as a “Jonas Åkerlund Film” but really, without Åsa and Per being proactive enough to record, what feels like, every minute of the most important moments of Roxette’s life, this film would not exist. Stevo: There is absolutely no stone left unturned in this die-hard’s paradise. We start off in the studio with the old gang recording the Pearls of Passion album and the film ends in May 1995 as the band takes to the stage in one of their final shows from the “Crash! Boom! Live! World Tour”. It’s a walk through time starting in 1986. Stevo: The format of the film is a collection of home video footage all cut together in a linear fashion based on the date they were recorded. Fans know Per/Marie, band members and management so well that this is like watching an old family home video that’s been recently discovered in the attic! Like Stevo has said, this doesn’t have that. I’ve seen a few band documentaries and any retrospective release always features newly recorded interviews/comments with band members remembering. Paul: And that is what makes this so different.
This is a 90-minute Roxette feast that takes us backstage and on the road and in the studio with the band like never before. This is Roxette in the raw! This is Roxette no holds barred. There are no reconstructions or newly produced sequences. There are no specifically recorded interviews with Marie or Per recounting their experiences. There is no voice over driving the narrative. It is not a documentary in the “traditional” sense. Stevo: Firstly, let’s begin with what this movie is not. Stevo and Paul have a (virtual) chat about the movie. Or perhaps you’ve always wanted your mind blown as you see rare footage of Marie singing “It Must Have Been Love” A Capella during the hard-to-find “Summer Joyride 1992 Tour”? As the Jonas Åkerlund film has its World Premiere at the Way Out Festival in Sweden, TDR reviews this Roxette feast!Įver wanted to see bits of “Sleeping Single” recorded during the Look Sharp! sessions? Or how about “Don’t Believe in Accidents?”Įver wanted to see Marie and Per prepare for a shoot in front of a famous silver bus in the Californian Mojave Desert?