Color Me Obsessed Explained

Color Me Obsessed
Director:	Gorman Bechard
Producer:	Hansi Oppenheimer Gorman Bechard
Screenplay:	Pen-Ek Ratanaruang
Cinematography:	Gorman Bechard Adam Correia Sarah Hajtol
Editing:	Gorman Bechard
Studio:	What Were We Thinking Films
Runtime:	123 minutes
Country:	United States
Language:	English

Color Me Obsessed is a 2011 American documentary film directed, edited and co-produced by Gorman Bechard about the alternative rock band the Replacements.

Plot

Unlike traditional music documentaries; Color Me Obsessed features no licensed music or live footage, instead featuring interviews with fans of the band telling the story of the Replacements. Included in the documentary are interviews with members of Hüsker Dü, the Goo Goo Dolls, the Hold Steady, the Decemberists, the Gaslight Anthem, Babes in Toyland, as well as average fans who simply enjoy the band.

Release

The film is distributed by MVD Entertainment, and was released on DVD in November 2012. The film has been screened at the following festivals:

Tampa, Florida - Gasparilla International Film Festival, March 26, 2011
Madison, Wisconsin - Wisconsin Film Festival, March 5, 2011
Chicago, Illinois - CIMMfest 2011, April 15, 2011
Boston, Massachusetts - Independent Film Festival Boston, April 28, 2011^[1]
Minneapolis, Minnesota - Sound Unseen Festival, May 4 & 5, 2011
Duluth, Minnesota - Sound Unseen International Duluth Film & Music Festival, June 11, 2011
Toronto, Ontario, Canada - NXNE Festival and Conference, June 17
Calgary, Alberta, Canada - Sled Island Music and Arts Festival, June 21, 2011
San Francisco, California - Frozen Film Festival, July 9, 2011
Boulder, Colorado - DocuWest, September 2011
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Philly Film & Music Festival, September 24, 2011
Bay City, Michigan - Hell's Half Mile, September 30, 2011
Seattle, Washington - Northwest Film Festival, October 21, 22, and 23, 2011
Los Angeles, California - Downtown Independent, November 3 and 4, 2011
New Orleans, Louisiana - Zeitgeist Cinema, January 20 and 21, 2012
Albuquerque, New Mexico - Guild Cinema, January 26 through February 1, 2012
Washington, DC - Black Cat Bar, March 9, 2012
Melbourne, Australia - Gerschwin Room, March 29, 2012
Stockholm, Sweden - Bio Rio, April 12, 201
Atlanta, Georgia - The Earl Bar, April 12, 2012
Providence, Rhode Island - Cable Car Cinema, April 21, 2012
Austin, Texas - Alamo Drafthouse, April 30, 2012
Columbus, Ohio - Reelin' & Rockin' at Gateway Film Center, October 17, 2012
Cleveland, Ohio - Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, December 12, 2012^[2]

Reception

David Browne of Rolling Stone called the film one of "the seven best new music documentaries of the year."^[3] Dan Schoenbrun of Filmmaker wrote: "Gorman Bechard's Color Me Obsessed is the rare music documentary that lavishes admiration not only onto its subject, rowdy Minneapolis cult rock band The Replacements, but on the band's fans as well."^[4] Peter Gerstenzang of The Village Voice called the film "pretty original", writing: "With so many voices, Color Me becomes a rock version of Rashomon, and what the film lacks in music and live footage, it more than makes up for with obsessive detail and heated debate."^[5]

Notes and References

Web site: Films. IFFBoston. February 18, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140224113017/http://www.iffboston.org/past/filmlist.php?year=2011. February 24, 2014. dead.
Web site: Film Screening of Color Me Obsessed and interview with director Gorman Bechard. Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum. February 17, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20121202052211/http://rockhall.com/event/film-screening-of-color-me-obsessed/. December 2, 2012. dead.
Web site: The Seven Best New Music Documentaries of the Year. Browne. David. March 11, 2011. Rolling Stone. February 17, 2014.
Web site: Gorman Bechard on Color Me Obsessed. Schoenbrun. Dan. Filmmaker. July 9, 2016.
Web site: A Replacements Doc With No Replacements Music: Color Me Obsessed. Gerstenzang. Peter. November 16, 2011. The Village Voice. September 11, 2013.