The saddest bar band in America finally lets you in on their secret: they're having fun.
Concert documentary of The National's performance at Brooklyn Academy of Music in 2010, interspersed with interview footage of the band.
Direction
Pennebaker captures the Dessner-Berninger tension like a marriage documentary.
Production
BAM's acoustics turn 'Sorrow' into a religious experience.
Director
Chris Hegedus
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Pennebaker, who shot this at 84, also filmed Dylan's 'Don't Look Back' — making this a direct lineage of 'guys who look sad while being geniuses' cinema.
This 2010 performance captures The National at their commercial peak without losing their 'your favorite band's favorite band' cred — right before they became dad-rock canon.
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