That Was Cool

the members of metallica and filmmakers joe berlinger and bruce sinofsky taking questions after the show i got a reserve ticket to the special sf screening of some kind of monster, a new documentary about metallica by bruce sinofsky and joe berlinger. the band and filmmakers were there, with a cadre of other rockstars and the like. i sat next to skate legend steve caballero. some glammed-out rich-dude rockers were sitting in front of me; i think they may have been in Linkin Park (otherwise known as depeche mode with guitars -- seriously -- do a side-by-side comparison). anyway, the movie was outstanding. it started out as a relatively straightforward documentary project about the recording of their new album. it so happened that at that time (2001), the band was on incredibly shaky ground,...