Sticky Carpet (2006)
- Directed by
- Mark James Butcher
- Genre
- documentary, music
- Country
- Australia
- Runtime
- 1h 17m
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This film is about Melbourne's independent music scene in 2006. It shows interviews with musicians and live performances from local bands. The movie captures the drive and experimentation of the scene.
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What happens
Sticky Carpet is Melbourne's alternative Rockumentary of 2006, a community driven documentary film by Mark Butcher, co-produced by Glenn Waterworth and Pip Stafford. A cultural recognition to Melbourne's independent music scene, the film includes interviews with musicians Robin Fox, Rod Cooper, Ross Knight (Cosmic Psychos), Bruce Milne (founder of Au-Go-Go Records, In-Fidelity Records), Ron Rude (Melbourne Punk & DIY / Indie Recording Pioneer) and Rowland S. Howard (Boys Next Door, The Birthday Party). Live performance footage comes from Dirty Three, The Stabs, Baseball, Bored!, I Spit on your Gravy, The Sailors, Love of Diagrams, Pisschrist and others. Sticky Carpet instinctively conveys the ongoing drive behind the bands - and even gets a little political. It shares the passion and experimentation of Melbourne's music scene. Bands include: The Stabs, HTRK, My Disco, Colditz Glider, The Birthday Party, Baseball, Grey Daturas, Group Seizure, True Radical Miracle, Cockfight Shootout, Nation Blue, The Sinking Citizenship, Agents of Abhorrence, Civil Dissent, ABC Weapons, Pisschrist, The Dacios, The Sailors, Eddy Current Suppression Ring, Depression, Trash 'n' Chaos, Batrider, Ninetynine, The Assassination Collective, Digger and the Pussycats, The Losers, Bored! The film has Australia and New Zealand DVD Distribution by Siren Visual Entertainment and had premiere screening at the Melbourne International Film Festival in 2006. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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