Popular festival offering Shut Up and Play the Hits quite accurately captured the agony and the ecstasy of LCD Soundsystem’s final show as a collective, and while filming a concert and putting it on the big screen for consumption might have lessened its inherent impact on viewers, the doc was quite warmly received. The film played at both Sundance and SXSW (at the former fest, our own Allison Loring called it “a moving rock-doc” “not only takes you inside Madison Square Garden for an up close seat at the band’s final show, [but] really shows the feelings that would accompany making the decision to end such a big part of your life and looking towards what will happen next”), and the buzz at both festivals was that the film has to be seen on the big screen with a big sound system to back it up.
In short ‐ it will rock your face off, and it’s damn hard to do that at home, even with the best equipment money can buy (and who can afford that?).
Fortunately, Oscilloscope (the film’s distributor), agrees, and will release the film in theaters for a special one night only engagement on Wednesday, July 18th. You can check out a full list of theaters playing the film after the break, and you can always Demand It on its official page over at Oscilloscope.
07.18.12 Albany, NY Spectrum
07.18.12 Albuquerque, NM Guild
07.18.12 Annapolis, MD Harbour 9
07.18.12 Asheville, NC Fine Arts
07.18.12 Atlanta, GA Landmark Midtown Art
07.18.12 Austin, TX Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar
07.18.12 Baltimore, MD Landmark Harbor East
07.18.12 Bellingham, WA Pickford Cinema
07.18.12 Berkeley, CA Landmark Shattuck
07.18.12 Boston, MA Landmark Kendall Square
07.18.12 Boulder, CO Boulder Theater
07.18.12 Brooklyn, NY BAM Cinematheque
07.18.12 Brooklyn, NY reRun
07.18.12 Chicago, IL Music Box
07.18.12 Cincinnati, OH Contemporary Arts Center
07.18.12 Claremont, CA Laemmle Claremont 5
07.18.12 Cleveland, OH Cedar Lee
07.18.12 Columbia, MO Ragtag
07.18.12 Dallas, TX Angelika Film Center
07.18.12 Dennis, MA Cape Cinema
07.18.12 Denver, CO Landmark Mayan
07.18.12 Detroit, MI Main Art
07.18.12 Duluth, MN Zinema
07.18.12 Eugene, OR Bijou Art Cinemas
07.18.12 Ft. Collins, CO Lyric
07.18.12 Greensboro, NC Lyndon Street Artworks
07.18.12 Hartford, CT City Cinema @ Palace
07.18.12 Honolulu, HI Kahala 8
07.18.12 Houston, TX Landmark River Oaks
07.18.12 Huntington, NY Cinema Arts Center
07.18.12 Indianapolis, IN Landmark Keystone Art
07.18.12 Iowa City, IA Bijou
07.18.12 Ithaca, NY Cinemapolis
07.18.12 Jacksonville, FL Sun-Ray Cinemas
07.18.12 Lincoln, NE Mary Riepma Ross Film Center
07.18.12 Little Rock, AR Market Street
07.18.12 Los Angeles, CA ArcLight Hollywood
07.18.12 Miami, FL Tower Cinema
07.18.12 Milwaukee, WI Landmark Downer
07.18.12 Minneapolis, MN Landmark Lagoon
07.18.12 Nashville, TN Belcourt
07.18.12 New Haven, CT Criterion
07.18.12 New York, NY Landmark Sunshine
07.18.12 Omaha, NE Film Streams
07.18.12 Orlando, FL Enzian
07.18.12 Palo Alto, CA Landmark Aquarius
07.18.12 Pasadena, CA Laemmle Playhouse
07.18.12 Phoenix, AZ Harkins Valley Art
07.18.12 Plano, TX Angelika Film Center
07.18.12 Portland, ME Space Gallery
07.18.12 Portland, OR Hollywood
07.18.12 Providence, RI Cable Car
07.18.12 Reston, VA Reston Town Center 13
07.18.12 Richmond, VA Movieland @ Blvd. Square
07.18.12 Rochester, NY The Little
07.18.12 Salt Lake City, UT Tower Theatre
07.18.12 San Diego, CA Landmark Hillcrest
07.18.12 San Francisco, CA Landmark Embarcadero
07.18.12 San Francisco, CA Balboa
07.18.12 Santa Fe, NM CCA
07.18.12 Schenectady, NY Movieland 6
07.18.12 Seattle, WA Cinerama
07.18.12 Spokane, WA Magic Lantern
07.18.12 Springfield, CO Moxie
07.18.12 St. Louis, MO Landmark Tivoli
07.18.12 Stamford, CT Majestic 6
07.18.12 Tucson, AZ The Loft
07.18.12 Tulsa, OK Circle
07.18.12 Washington, DC Landmark E-Street
07.18.12 Winston-Salem, NC Aperture
Thanks to The Film Stage for the heads up on this one!
