Lolla: The Story of Lollapalooza

The saddest thing in the world is when something that actually stands for something and is trying to go against the mainstream, eventually gives in(Sells out) and tries to pretend its still about the same things it started with. How can you have T Mobile sponsor your show and not be a sell out? But this review is not trying to say the doc was bad since it was well done, but it really exposed the whole idea of Lolla and I don't think the people in the doc even realize that. As another review said, if you're headlining your show with musicians who wont grammys you're going in the wrong direction. Lady Gaga, Miles Cyrus? Seriously? Those two aren't "alternative" they are pop music in a nutshell. They should have just stopped after the first 7 years if they were sincere about their intent but money corrupts everything and everyone, including Perry Farrell.

I stopped watching this after Flea, and Matt said that Jane's Addiction were game changers! Iggy Pop and the Pixies did it first and better. Jane's Addiction is a ok band that started a concert that celebrated bands with way more talent than they had. Perry Farrell does not deserve the celebrity he has received. I would love to watch a documentary about lollapalooza but not if it means suffering through a fool acting like he had any real substance to add to the music seen! We won't make great pets and he won't make great music! I do appreciate that this was a huge festival, but we need to understand that big doesn't equal quality. There is something to be said for a concert with an opener and a headliner. Keep it simple stupid!

Where's the sound? Watching on Paramount Plus and the commercials are nice and loud but this documentary itself is extremely quiet. I have the sound on 100 and I can barely hear it. Horrible production.

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I do not include a synopsis of the film/show -- you can get that anywhere and that does not constitute a meaningful review -- but rather my thoughts and feelings on the film that hopefully will be informative to you in deciding whether to invest 90-180 minutes of your life on it.

My scale: 1-5 decreasing degrees of "terrible", with 5 being "mediocre" 6- OK. Generally held my interest OR had reasonable cast and/or cinematography, might watch it again 7 - Good. My default rating for a movie I liked enough to watch again, but didn't rise to the upper echelons 8- Very good. Would watch again and recommend to others 9- Outstanding. Would watch over and over; top 10% of my ratings 10 - A classic. (Less than 2% receive this rating). For Lifetime Movies for Chicks (LMFC), drop the above scale by 3 notches. A 6 is excellent and 7 almost unattainable.

In the first episode they talk about this festival being a champion for all the youth and all these various very important causes. Including fighting back against censorship and ripping down the walls of racism. Then during the final performance Paramount decides self censor and they go ahead and censor Perry Pherell's "Don't Call Me" performance with Ice-T. Way to undercut the message you were building up for forty five minutes. So just to be clear.... censorship is bad up to the point until it could cost the corperation some money, then it's ok. Is that the message I was supposed to take away from this? Make it make sense please.

Last year was my first time at Lollapallooza so I wanted to know more about its history, I find this doc very interesting but.... I don't know WHY it was made all about Perry Farnell, someone who's only contributions is to be the singer of a forgotten band and who succeeded (by accident) in the first festival, but he actually thinks he is something of a "Rock Jesuschrist" when in reality, the festival DID DIED during his ownership and was only resuscitated and make the success there is today thanks to an external company that managed many other music festivals.... still... great documentary!!!