Directed by Michael Grodner, The Icarus Line Must Die takes an even eyed look at rocker Joe Cardamone’s struggles to keep his band alive. Though the film is based on Cardamone’s life as an acclaimed and uncompromising musician in Highland Park, Ca., the picture is not a straight ahead documentary. Rather, it’s a narrative that [...]
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- 7/13/2018
- by Hollywood Outbreak
- HollywoodOutbreak.com
The Icarus Line Must Die is a modern No Wave film based on actual events of lead singer of The Icarus Line Joe Cardamone. Set in Los Angeles with the La underground music scene, Joe Cardamone navigates his way through the ups and downs of the modern music landscape. With a new record completed and a major label deal within sight, Joe fights to keep his band, his relationship and his life from completely falling apart. The Icarus Line Must Die is a really enjoyable film with so much authenticity and we had a chance to talk to director Michael Grodner about the film as well as his next projects.
Aotn: The Icarus Line Must Die felt very authentic and like if I was there next to the characters watching everything happen, what did you do to help all that authenticity show on screen?
Michael Grodner: What we did was...
Aotn: The Icarus Line Must Die felt very authentic and like if I was there next to the characters watching everything happen, what did you do to help all that authenticity show on screen?
Michael Grodner: What we did was...
- 6/27/2018
- by Chris Salce
- Age of the Nerd
Punk’s not dead, but it is about to get murdered. At least that’s the premise of New Wave anti-biopic “The Icarus Line Must Die,” directed by Michael Grodner in his feature debut.
The story follows Joe Cardamone, infamous frontman of post-hardcore band The Icarus Line, in a black-and-white Jim Jarmusch-esque light thriller, as he navigates Los Angeles, haunted by an anonymous texter threatening to kill him. Based on Cardamone’s real life as a musician and producer, the film illuminates the lives of the artists who’ve been slogging in the clubs, trying to do the impossible — get signed to a major label — even as they lament that they need the majors in the first place. It’s an age-old story about the corruptibility of art under capitalism.
What sets Grodner’s story apart is its intense focus on specific people in the scene who are emblematic...
The story follows Joe Cardamone, infamous frontman of post-hardcore band The Icarus Line, in a black-and-white Jim Jarmusch-esque light thriller, as he navigates Los Angeles, haunted by an anonymous texter threatening to kill him. Based on Cardamone’s real life as a musician and producer, the film illuminates the lives of the artists who’ve been slogging in the clubs, trying to do the impossible — get signed to a major label — even as they lament that they need the majors in the first place. It’s an age-old story about the corruptibility of art under capitalism.
What sets Grodner’s story apart is its intense focus on specific people in the scene who are emblematic...
- 6/21/2018
- by April Wolfe
- The Wrap
We are not quite a full year since Michael Grodner's film The Icarus Line Must Die premiered in Los Angeles at the Non Plussed Fest last July. We premiered the teaser back then and now we have a new trailer to share with you as well as news that The Icarus Line Must Die is returning to L.A. to begin its theatrical run on June 22nd. The Icarus Line Must Die is a dramatic narrative feature set against the backdrop of the current La underground music scene. The film tracks Joe Cardamone, front man of notorious punk bad boys The Icarus Line as he navigates his way through the ups and downs of the modern music landscape. With a new record completed and a...
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- 5/24/2018
- Screen Anarchy
Exclusive: The Icarus Line, the infamous La-based punk rock band fronted by Joe Cardamone, are heading to the silver screen after Dark Star Pictures picked up semi-biopic The Icarus Line Must Die.
The film, a dark dramatic narrative set against the backdrop of the current La underground music scene, will be released theatrically in June 2018 with a July home entertainment release in the U.S.
It tells the story of Cardamone as he navigates his way through the ups and downs of the modern music landscape with a new album and a major label deal in sight, while trying to keep his band, his relationship and his life from falling apart.
The Icarus Line were notorious during the early 2000s, touring and tearing up the world with their brand of Birthday Party-style chaos. Picking fights with bands like the Strokes – Cardamone, a member of the Buddyhead collective once spray-painted ‘Sellouts...
The film, a dark dramatic narrative set against the backdrop of the current La underground music scene, will be released theatrically in June 2018 with a July home entertainment release in the U.S.
It tells the story of Cardamone as he navigates his way through the ups and downs of the modern music landscape with a new album and a major label deal in sight, while trying to keep his band, his relationship and his life from falling apart.
The Icarus Line were notorious during the early 2000s, touring and tearing up the world with their brand of Birthday Party-style chaos. Picking fights with bands like the Strokes – Cardamone, a member of the Buddyhead collective once spray-painted ‘Sellouts...
- 4/27/2018
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
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