What We Started
- 2017
- 1h 34m
IMDb RATING
7.0/10
1.6K
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DJs, producers, and promoters discuss the history and state of electronic dance music.DJs, producers, and promoters discuss the history and state of electronic dance music.DJs, producers, and promoters discuss the history and state of electronic dance music.
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Awesome movie. Must see for any music lover for sure. Didn't know much about EDM - am now hooked. Really great stuff.
What begins as a thorough journey from the early days of house music loses its way somewhere after rave culture. The doc struggles to bridge the late 90s to modern electronic music, leaving the entire 1990s house/pop crossover movement behind, skipping eurodance and somehow landing at David Guetta swinging at crossover hits without acknowledging acts like Daft Punk and perhaps Prodigy? I found the narrative choices confusing and bland as the filmmakers tried to bridge the old (Carl Cox) with the new (Martin Garrix) by spending too much time with Martin and not enough time on telling the bigger story. I guess what it comes down to is that electronic dance music is a huge genre that rarely gets proper respect. Only the book "The Underground is Massive" came close to doing it right, and it's a much better place to spend your time.
I attended the premiere of this movie last nigh and it was very cool. As someone who used to go to underground parties in the 90s, the movie really took me back (and seeing some of the guys in person that used to play at the parties that I went to as also awesome). I haven't kept up with dance music as much recently, so I learned a lot and was genuinely entertained throughout. I am really impressed by Martin Garrix. What a talent.
I just saw an announcement that this film is coming out in March and I'm super pumped about it. I saw it at the LA Film Festival (and actually got to meet Carl Cox!) and it was dope.
10Jimi20
I've been a successful DJ in the scene for
Over a decade and have seen most of the major
Dance music Films made trying to cover the truth...this film
Hands down is the best movie ever made about
Dance music! Rather you are a dance music lover
or completely unfamiliar with the scene "What
We Started" will give you a very accurate look
Into the world of Dance while entertaining you
From start to finish. Highly recommend this!
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Pete Tong: WHAT WE STARTED will instantly capture an audience's attention. This is a film that gives an authentic voice to different generations of this movement in an unprecedented way and leads you on a globe-trotting journey that explores a dynamic and multi-layered industry. As someone who spent my whole career in electronic dance music, I'm very excited to be involved in this ambitious film that goes a long way to set the record straight on how we got here!
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- 1h 34m(94 min)
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