Dear whoever decides what movies show at the Loft,
Color Me Impressed, a full length documentary about the Replacements, doesn’t open in Minneapolis until May, but I assume it takes a little lead time to set these things up, so Loft Cinema, you need to get on bringing this movie to town. The music documentary series has been cool and Lemmy and Phil Ochs definitely deserve the recognition that a documentary provides, but c’mon, wouldn’t it be a crime to know there’s a Replacements documentary out there and not make an effort to show it? Just look at the people interviewed:
And in case you didn’t remember, the Replacements were amazing.
“Alex Chilton”:
Let me know if there’s anything I can do to help.
xoxo,
Dan Gibson
This article appears in Mar 3-9, 2011.
Dan,
That is such a great, impassioned plea for help! I’m going to try to send in some reinforcements…
~K. Bechard
Dan,
Write to me at ColorMeObsessed@gmail.com and let’s see if we can figure out a way to make this happen.
Gorman Bechard
director of Color Me Obsessed