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I Want My MTV

2019 · 86 min

A breezy, nostalgic stroll through pop-culture history, full of talking heads and archival clips that entertain without demanding much.

Directed by
Patrick Waldrop, Tyler Measom
Genres
Documentary, Music
Starring
Pauly Shore, Sting, Benji Madden
Overview
The film is about the formation of a music channel that has shaped modern pop culture. On August 1, 1981, the life of a whole generation of Americans changed forever - on this day MTV began its broadcasting day, making VJ a new teen hero and creating a canon of music video as a vivid artistic statement.

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Directed by
Patrick Waldrop, Tyler Measom
Genres
Documentary, Music
Starring
Pauly Shore, Sting, Benji Madden
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How it feels

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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • media
  • music
  • celebrity
  • art
  • identity
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • documentary
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour5
Realism9
Romance2
Tension2
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight4

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Details

Genres
documentary, music
Directed by
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Written by
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Starring
Pauly Shore, Sting, Benji Madden, Michael Nesmith, Norman Lear, Billy Idol, Dee Snider, Michael Ian Black
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Cinematography
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Runtime
86 min
Country
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Languages
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