a-ha: The Movie
The documentary is really about their creative process, and all that went in to creating an arsenal of insatiably catchy synth pop hooks.
a-ha: The Movie
The music of Queen and the Velvet Underground instilled a sense of destiny in three teenagers living in a small town in 1970s Norway. That dream led to A-Ha: the synth-pop trio featuring keyboardist Magne Furuholmen, vocalist Morten Harket, and guitarist Pal Waktaar-Savoy. No Norwegian act had broken through internationally quite like they did when they burst onto the international scene with 1985’s “Take on Me,” buoyed by an iconic sketch-animation video by Steve Barron. The band became global sensations and heartthrobs overnight, but it remained to be seen how they would adapt to their newfound fame. How would they follow their original dream: to make music?
"This look at the before and, more importantly, the after of a-ha’s moment in the Top 40...counteracts the notion that their story ended along with the decade that made them famous.”
- Rolling Stone
"The film is very much like their music — frothy at first, then more serious; and, like their famous "Take On Me" music video, a bit animated. ” - Salon
"Infighting among the members makes for juicy fodder, but the documentary is really about their creative process, and all that went in to creating an arsenal of insatiably catchy synth pop hooks."
-Indiewire
OFFICIAL SELECTION
Tribeca Film Festival
SIFF Doc Fest
Calgary International Film Festival
Sound Unseen - Minneapolis MN
Nashville Film Festival
Edmonton Film Festival
"This look at the before and, more importantly, the after of a-ha’s moment in the Top 40...counteracts the notion that their story ended along with the decade that made them famous.”
- Rolling Stone
"The film is very much like their music — frothy at first, then more serious; and, like their famous "Take On Me" music video, a bit animated. ” - Salon
"Infighting among the members makes for juicy fodder, but the documentary is really about their creative process, and all that went in to creating an arsenal of insatiably catchy synth pop hooks."
-Indiewire
OFFICIAL SELECTION
Tribeca Film Festival
SIFF Doc Fest
Calgary International Film Festival
Sound Unseen - Minneapolis MN
Nashville Film Festival
Edmonton Film Festival
Genre
Documentary,
Rock Doc
Web Site
Runtime
109
Language
Norwegian,
English
Director
Thomas Robsahm
Awards:
Nominee, Audience Award ~ Documentary, Tribeca Film Festival
FEATURED REVIEW
Jennie Kermode, Eye for Film
A boy who, at the age of three, discovered that he could sing anything he wanted to, that his voice would just soar. Another who made drums out of carboard tubes and performed out on the balcony of his parents’ flat. A third, his neighbour, who loved guitar. Perhaps it was inevitable that they would ...
Played at
Monica Film Center 4.08.22 - 4.21.22
NoHo 7 4.11.22 - 4.11.22
Playhouse 7 4.12.22 - 4.12.22
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