Theory of Obscurity: A Film About the Residents

2015

Action / Comedy / Documentary / History / Music / Musical

18
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 75% · 8 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 54% · 100 ratings
IMDb Rating 7.0/10 10 618 618

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Plot summary

Theory of Obscurity tells the story of the renegade sound and video collective known as The Residents…a story that spans 40 years and is clouded in mystery. Many details surrounding the group are secret, including the identities of its members. They always perform wearing masks and costumes, which is part of their magic. At its heart, this story is about perseverance and chasing your dream. The Residents never caved to convention. They never compromised. They’ve followed their muse for decades and thousands of fans have hung on for the ride. Along the way they’ve also inspired many people to be weird, take chances and find their own voice.

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643.68 MB
1280*714
English 2.0
Unrated
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23.976 fps
1 hr 27 min
Seeds 2
1.33 GB
1920*1072
English 2.0
Unrated
Subtitles
23.976 fps
1 hr 27 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by R T 4 / 10

Documentary has not revealed anything new. Most of

Documentary has not revealed anything new. Most of this info has been available for many years. I would have liked an album by album making of and how they created those videos.
Reviewed by R T 6 / 10

The main reaction I had to this documentary

The main reaction I had to this documentary about The Residents is a wish that the band had made the film themselves. But, of course, they may have, because director Don Hardy appears to have had access to a lot of presumably unseen footage from the early years of the 40-year-old band and members of the Cryptic Corporation (that oversee the business dealings of the band) were actively involved in editing and in front of the camera. Of course, we still don't know who the Residents actually are - but some of the old guys being interviewed sure seem to know a lot about their history. My regret is not really with the content shown (which is often truly weird) but instead with the rather formulaic approach taken here - this is really just another one of those music docos where you've got talking heads (including with fans/accomplices) interspersed with short clips of the band playing. There are some great clips but they never show you enough. Why can't the makers of these types of documentaries understand that fans would really want to see an entire song? Especially in the case of the Residents where the visual and multimedia aspects of their show are so astonishing! There are a couple of songs from the Commercial Album played on the 2013 fortieth anniversary tour that do run their full (short) length but that tour seems stripped down in comparison to earlier tours. Of course, if the band's output really is 60 albums (plus all sorts of other ephemera), then no single 90-minute film is going to be able to do justice to any one aspect of their career. But we do learn a lot about those eyeballs. Check their records, folks!
Reviewed by R T 7 / 10

Stuffed with rare footage from early promo films

Stuffed with rare footage from early promo films, proto-music videos, and concert clips, with interviews from collaborators and acolytes alike, the documentary, like the band, refuses to solve the riddles your average viewer would likely be most interested in, while answering questions you never knew needed asking in the first place.
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