A feature-length documentary about The Smashing Pumpkins, which chronicles the band's residencies at The Orange Peel in Asheville and The Fillmore in San Francisco in summer 2007. The documentary covers Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan's attempts to write and debut new music at the residencies, as well as the revival of the band with new members.
Direction
Unfiltered vérité lets Corgan hang himself
Sound
Live residency performances capture raw new material
Production
Orange Peel intimacy vs. Fillmore scale contrast
Director
Jack Gulick
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 'Zeitgeist' album recorded during this period became the lowest-selling Pumpkins record to date, making the documentary's tension oddly prophetic.
This captures the exact moment 1990s alternative rock became heritage act territory, with Corgan desperately fighting obsolescence while embodying it.
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