A documentary by photographer Sam Jones documenting American rock band Wilco recording their fourth album Yankee Hotel Foxtrot. Originally intended as a showcase of the band's creative process, the film crew catches unexpected complications between the band and its record label and problems among the band members themselves.
Direction
Sam Jones captures lightning in a bottle—no script, just fate.
Writing
The drama writes itself: corporate villainy, band divorce, masterpiece born.
Director
Sam Jones
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Warner/Reprise dropped Wilco for being 'uncommercial,' then the album became their biggest seller after Nonesuch—also owned by Warner—bought it back for less than the original deal.
The film helped cement the 'sad dad rock' archetype and made Wilco the patron saints of artistic stubbornness in the streaming era.
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