Martin Scorsese’s foray into the history of the New York Dolls, predecessors of punk in 1970s New York, will be one of the documentaries that will be screened at the 21st edition of the In-Edit festival, to be held from October 26 to November 5 in Barcelona with works on Tom Jobim, Robert Gerhard and Ernesto Linares, drummer for Lagartija Nick and Los Planetas. This is how it was announced this Thursday, as the first tasting of the most important national documentary film festival dedicated to music.
Scorsese’s new foray into the world of music, this time co-directing with David Tedeschi, focuses on another David, Johansen, the sole survivor of the transvestite band that in the early 1970s foreshadowed what was to come on the stage, whether we’re talking about punk or glam rock. Personality crisis: One night only includes two nights of performances by Johansen at the Carlyle Hotel in New York, which he intersperses with memories of the artist’s career.
In those same years, the meeting between the singer Elis Regina and Tom Jobim, father of bossa nova, flourished in Los Angeles, resulting in Elis
Robert Schwartzman goes even further back in time in Hung up on a Dream: The Zombies documentary, a tour of the short-lived acclaimed English beat group that, 60 years later, can be proud of hits like Time of the Season or albums like Odessey
Regarding local music, the focus on Robert Gerhard stands out, one of the most relevant Catalan composers and introducer of dodecaphonism. Directed by Xavier Bosch and Josep Badell, Revolutionary Qartet, l’enigma Gerhard reviews the life and work of the former disciple of Enric Granados and Arnold Schönberg, born in Valls and exiled as a result of the Civil War, settling in Cambridge, where he would remain until his death. The documentary also focuses on Gerhard’s works that could be considered predecessors of electronic music.
In another musical range is Eric, the nickname of the former drummer of Lagartija Nick and Los Planetas, Ernesto Jiménez Linares. The importance of being called Ernesto and the bullshit of being called Eric is a journey through the music and inspiration of this veteran musician, which includes everything from punk to the steps of Easter as he lives his life full of drugs, parties, and anecdotes.
In addition to these titles that can be seen in Aribau cinemas, the festival has announced other titles such as Born Innocent: The Redd Kross Story, about the cult North American rock group led by Jeff and Steve McDonald, or Dusty
