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Cassette: A Documentary Mixtape

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The inventor of the audiotape digs through the past to figure out why they won't go away.
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Leor Galil Chicago Reader [A] meandering tribute [that] leaves out many such important facts, largely dispensing with historical context in favor of poetic reminiscences about the outmoded format. Nov 9, 2017 Full Review Jill Wilson Winnipeg Free Press Like a mixtape made for you by an enthusiastic friend who's more concerned with cramming in all his favourite songs than making a cohesive work, it flits from topic to topic without delving deeply enough into any one area. Rated: 3/5 Oct 13, 2018 Full Review Jessica Baxter Hammer to Nail Documentary Mix-Tape is an enjoyable trip down memory lane - one that will certainly stir viewers of a certain age and educate young hipsters who are drawn to the world of analog. Nov 16, 2017 Full Review Sean Burns Spliced Personality What emerges is a not uninteresting notion of the hissy format democratizing music culture, allowing fans to actively program their own albums instead of passively accepting whatever the record company provided. May 5, 2017 Full Review Jason Gorber Birth.Movies.Death. Zack Taylor's documentary looks at tape culture and a format that refuses to die. May 3, 2017 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member Unfortunately, this documentary is unnecessarily slow. And a complete mess. It takes more than 30 minutes before any real substance is introduced. The creator of the cassette tape does not care about its cultural significance and actually calls the cassette "nothing special." And for some reason the producer decides to interview some jackass smoking pot while driving as his moron friend tries to forward the notion that "Britney Spears is punk". Strangely, the interviews conducted by the people who helped invent the cassette, seem to be speaking Dutch and no translation is provided! It is disjointed. In fact it's just a straight-up mess. The documentary lacks in overall historical discussion. It's more just random anecdotes without a cohesive thread. The redeeming point about this documentary is that it points out the need for decent documentary about the cassette tape to be done Sunday. Especially for the hip-hop and punk movements. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/05/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis The inventor of the audiotape digs through the past to figure out why they won't go away.
Director
Zack Taylor
Producer
Zack Taylor
Screenwriter
Georg Petzold, Zack Taylor
Production Co
Seagull and Birch, Fireglory Pictures
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Feb 13, 2018
Runtime
1h 32m
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