Color Me Obsessed

Color Me Obsessed
Promotional release poster
Directed by	Gorman Bechard
Screenplay by	Pen-Ek Ratanaruang
Produced by	Hansi Oppenheimer Gorman Bechard
Cinematography	Gorman Bechard Adam Correia Sarah Hajtol
Edited by	Gorman Bechard
Production company	What Were We Thinking Films
Release date	March 26, 2011 (2011-03-26) (Gasparilla International Film Festival)
Running time	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]

References

1. "Films". IFFBoston. Archived from the original on February 24, 2014. Retrieved February 18, 2014.
2. "Film Screening of Color Me Obsessed and interview with director Gorman Bechard". Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum. Archived from the original on December 2, 2012. Retrieved February 17, 2014.
3. Browne, David (March 11, 2011). "The Seven Best New Music Documentaries of the Year". Rolling Stone. Retrieved February 17, 2014.
4. Schoenbrun, Dan. "Gorman Bechard on Color Me Obsessed". Filmmaker. Retrieved July 9, 2016.
5. Gerstenzang, Peter (November 16, 2011). "A Replacements Doc With No Replacements Music: Color Me Obsessed". The Village Voice. Retrieved September 11, 2013.

External links

• Official website
• Color Me Obsessed at IMDb