"All We Are Saying"

[Dennis Moore <clayboy56>]

Saw Patti in an add on Showtime last night for their March 8th
premeire of this movie that debuted at the 2005 Tibeca Film Festival.
If you blinked you may have missed her, same w/ the trailer at
http://www.allwearesaying.net/. (There may be some pictures on the
website but I was unable to access the popups.)

Roseanne Arquette, a self-professed lover of real music musicians sets
out to find out how rockers balance their lives with art, their
opinions on today's music and who inspires them.

cast for 'All We Are Saying'

Thom Yorke -
Andre 3000 -
Annie Lennox -
Chrissie Hynde -
Danger Mouse -
David Crosby -
Deborah Harry -
Elton John -
Elvis Costello -
Gwen Stefani -
Iggy Pop -
Joni Mitchell -
Kim Gordon -
Los Lonely Boys -
Marilyn Manson -
Mary J. Blige -
Patti Smith -
Peter Gabriel -
Sheryl Crow -
Steven Tyler -
Stevie Nicks -
Sting -
Thurston Moore -
Willie Nelson -

Not much out there on the web about it that I could find [below is the
only review]. Has anyone seen it?

http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117927030?categoryid=31&cs=1&query=all+and+we+and+are+and+saying&display=all+we+are+saying

As with her first star-questing docudocu, "Searching for Debra
Winger," the greatest asset of this Rosanna Arquette pic is Arquette
herself. Her enthusiasm and openness encourage her favorite musicians,
an eclectic "Who's Who" of rock 'n' rollers, to answer questions with
astounding candor in this exploration of the music scene. Discussing
the current state of the bizbiz or how to balance life and art, pic is
edited in an unforced conversational flow, providing few revelations
but offering quality time with Joni Mitchell, Peter Gabriel, Andre
3000, Steve Tyler and Chrissie Hynde, among others. Pic should prove a
cable standard.
Bitterness and disillusionment about where the music business has gone
are the order of the day, especially among the older artists.
Mitchell, in virtual retirement, likens herself to an old horse that
refuses to go over the jumps again, unwilling to run an increasingly
hostile, aggressively dumb media gantlet. David Crosby compares his
heyday -- and its 40 or 50 smaller record companies -- with the
present handful of big conglomerates "who wouldn't know a song if it
flew up their nose and died."

MTV, with its emphasis on how a performer looks, comes in for its
share of flak.

Meanwhile, Steve Tyler bemoans his dramatic loss of income, as
Arrowsmith's catalog, which used to be worth millions, has now become
completely devalued by Internet downloading.

Some of the younger musicians, disgusted with profit-obsessed record
companies, welcome the alternate distribution possibilities opened up
by the Web. But even Thom Yorke of Radiohead feels that, all in all,
"It's really a good time to go and stand in the shadows again."

Arquette wisely times her interview snippets at varying lengths to
safely fall midrange between gimmicky sound bite and tedious rant.
Sometimes hidden just behind the camera, and sometimes onscreen curled
up right next to her subject, Arquette always manages to bring the
tone back to casual, thoughtful exchange, with a few well-timed
zingers thrown in for comic relief (i.e. Crosby's summation of Britney
SpearsBritney Spears: "About as deep as a birdbath...").

Marilyn Manson, Sting, Mary Blige or Annie Lennox talk with passion
about commitment to their art. Andre 3000 wryly recounts his
transition from shy composer to flamboyant front man for Outkast.

When the conversation turns to the stars' private lives, Arquette's
quiet acceptance and lack of prurient curiosity yield felicitous
results, particularly with distaff rockers. Thus Chrissie Hynde, who
always saw herself as "such a bloke," talks about how weird it felt to
be onstage performing in a nursing bra.