Long Promised Road
Seen at The Picture House , Crouch End 26th January 2022 Having been to just about all of the Brian Wilson UK concerts since the SMiLE premiere in February 2004, there was no way I was going to miss out on seeing this new documentary on the Big Screen. Thus is not your typical documentary which splices loads of historical film footage together with a narrative overdubbed..... The film is personal. It is centred around Brian being interviewed by Rolling Stone editor Jason Fine accompanied with film from when the Beach Boys first started out in the early 60's through to footage from the present day concerts. A lot of the footage is from other documentaries that I have seen before, but there are others that were new to me, such as the girl in Oklahoma interviewing the band. Fine has known Wilson as a friend for many years (since 1995) and appreciates the battle Brian has with mental health and the fact he is very uncomfortable with straight, direct interviews. Fine interviews Brian w